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NOTES  AND  ADDITIONS 

TO    THE 

HISTORY  of  GLOUGEST 

SECOND  SERIES. 

ER. 

II. 

1 
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By  JOHN   J.    BABSON. 

WITH  AN  APPENDIX  CONTAINING  INDEXES  TO  PARTS  I  AND 

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1891. 

NOTES  AND  ADDITIONS 


TO    THE 


HISTORY  of  GLOUCESTER. 


SECOND  SERIES. 


By  JOHN   J.    BABSON. 


WITH  AN  APPENDIX  CONTAINING  INDEXES  TO  PARTS  I  AND  II. 


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1891. 


NOTES  AND  ADDITIONS  TO  THE  HISTORY  OF 
GLOUCESTER. 


SECOXD  SERIES. 


THE  FIRST  CHURCH. 


REV.    RICHARD    BLYNMAN. 

The  "yearly  maintenance"  of  Rev.  Richard  Blynman,  the  first  pastor 
of  this  church,  was  £40.  The  "History"  notices  his  return  to  England 
and  leaves  him  at  Bristol  in  1671.  It  appears  by  a  letter  from  him  to 
Rev.  Increase  Mather,  at  Boston  (4  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  vin,  330),  that  he 
he  was  living-  in  1678.  In  1871  the  name  was  still  borne  by  a  few  res- 
idents of  the  city  of  Bristol. 

REV.    JOHN    EMERSON. 

The  full  date  of  birth  of  the  children  of  Rev.  John  Emerson,  not  stated 
in  the  History,  is  here  given  :  Ruth,  Aug.  26,  1660;  Martha,  Nov.  28, 
1662;  Mary,  March  7,  1665;  Elizabeth,  Aug.  25,  1667,  died  April  6, 
1683  ;  John,  May  14,  1670 ;  Dorothy,  July  6,  1675  ;  and  Samuel,  Nov. 
20, 1678,  who  died  Dec.  5,  1687.  Of  the  son  John,  one  regrets  to  learn 
that  his  conduct  in  the  early  part  of  his  college  career  was  not  credit- 
able;  but  he  received  his  degree  in  1689,  and,  for  aught  I  know  to  the 
contrary*  lived  and  died  a  respectable  minister  of  the  gospel  (Sec.  4, 
Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  vin,  663).  The  Essex  County  Records  contain  the 
following  deposition,  relating  to  John  Emerson,  jr.,  which  I  here  insert, 
as  an  interesting  item  in  the  family  history  of  the  second  minister  of 
the  town. 

"The  Deposition  of  Joseph  Allen,  Esq.,  of  full  age,  testifieth  and 
saith,  that  he  being  present  with  Mr.  John  Emerson  and  his  father  at 
Gloucester,  Mr.  Emerson,  Jr.,  declared  himself  that  he  would  go  for 
England,  and  was  upon  his  removal  when  ye  neighbors  heard  of  it  was 

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HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 


very  much  troubled;  insomuch  that  his  father  sent  for  him  back  again. 
When  they  were  together  the  young  man,  among  other  discourse,  told 
his  father  that  he  wanted  wherewithal  to  live  upon  for  a  livelihood  ; 
whereupon  his  father  gave  him  a  parcell  of  land  lying  nigh  ye  meeting 
house  in  Glosster  and  bounded  it  to  him  and  gave  him  a  deed  at  ye  same 
time,  and  further  declared  that  as  long  as  he  did  help  him  in  ye  work  of 
ye  ministry  lie  would  give  him  ten  pounds  a  year  out  of  his  salary. 
William  Sargent  Sen.,  testifieth  ye  same  above  written  and  further  we 
say  not. 

Joseph  Allen. 
William  Sargant. 

Sworn  by  both  in  Court  at  Ipswich,  March  31,  1702." 

The  publication  of  the  "Winthrop  Papers"  in  5  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  I, 
437,  brings  to  light  the  following  letter  from  Rev.  John  Emerson,  never 
before  published.  Wayt  Winthrop,  to  whom  it  was  addressed,  wTas 
Wait  Still,  son  of  John  Winthrop,  governor  of  Connecticut.  He  was 
of  the  council  of  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  and  after  the  overthrow  of  the 
government  of  that  oppressor  in  1689,  in  which  he  heartily  joined,  he  was 
made  commander  of  the  militia. 


These  for  the  Honorable  Wayt  Winthrop,  Esqr.,  in  Boston. 

Gr.osT.  July  26,  1G90. 
Honoured  Sir, — May  it  please  you  to  cast  an  aspect  upon  these  few  lines.  They  are 
to  acquaint  your  honour  with  the  sad  and  deplorable  state  &  condition  of  our  towne  of 
Gloucester  &  also  humbly  to  crave  your  helpe  &  succor  in  this  our  condition.     Sir,  the 
case  that  we  have  to  spread  before  you  is,  that,  whereas  there  is  forty  seaven  of  our 
souldiers  under  a  presse,  the  case  so  stands  with  us  that  if  they  be  not  released  I  must 
needs  tell  you,  &  it  is  nothing  but  truth  that  I  tell  you,  that  we  must  all  be  forced  to 
leave  the  towne,  for  we  are  not  able  to  stay  any  longer  after  they  are  gone ;  but  must 
of  necessity  be  made  a  prey  to  the  enemy.     "We  shall  not  have  men  left  to  keepe  up  a 
watch,  nor  in  any  wise  much  lesse  to  withstand  an  enemy,  which  we  are  in,  every  day 
*.<:  night  in  expectation  to  breake  in  upon  us,  by  reason  that  Ave  are  a  front  towne  upon 
the  sea,  &  so  good  a  harbor  for  shipping  as  I  beleive  there  is  not  a  better  nor  a  bolder 
in  all  New  England,  by  the  report  of  the  ablest  seamen.     Those  that  are  under  presse 
are  above  halfe  of  those  that  traine,  as  I  am  informed,  &,  besides,  there  will  be  noth- 
ing neare  enough  left  to  get  in  hay  &  harvest,  so  that  we  must  of  necessity  be  forced  to 
kill  our  cattell,  &  our  in  great  danger  of  being  famished.     Therefore  my  request  to 
your  selfe  is  that  you  will  be  pleased  to  release  all  these  men  that  are  under  this  last 
presse,  there  being  already  listed  fiueteen  volunteers  for  Canada,  besides  seaven  that 
are  pressed  to  the  Indian  wares.     Therefore  if  you  please  not  to  releive  us  in  releasing 
of  these  men,  we  must  of  necessity,  as  abovesayed,  &  the  inhabitants  due  resolve  upon 
it.  to  leave  the  towne  rather  than  to  live  in  continual!  hazzard  &  feare  of  their  lives',  & 
to  lie  exposed  to  all  other  calamitys.     So  having  given  you  a  true  account  how  the  case 


EARLY    RECORDS.  6 

stands  with  us,  I  leave  it  to  farther  consideration  &  discretion,  hoping  you  will  please 
to  grant  my  request  in  giving  your  assistance,  &,  Avith  my  service  to  you  presented 
humbly  take  leave  &  remaine,  Sir,  Your  affectionate  kinsman  &  servant, 

Johx  E:uei:son. 
Sir,  I  have  often  thought  it  a  matter  of  great  concernment,  &  for  not  only  our  safety 
but  also  the  safety  &  good  of  the  country,  that  there  might  be  some  battery  or  other 
defence  here  fortifyed  with  some  great  guns,  for  the  ablest  seamen  doe  all  concurr  that 
if  this  place  be  taken  they  will  with  ease  stopp  or  take  all  shipps  that  either  come  in  or 
goe  out. 

This  letter  is  dated  fourteen  days  before  the  departure  from  Boston  of 
the  fleet  engaged  in  the  unfortunate  expedition  under  Sir  William  Phips 
against  Canada  in  1690;  and  the  "presse"  from  which  Mr.  Emerson  so 
earnestly  pleads  for  release,  was,  without  doubt,  for  soldiers  for  that  ex- 
pedition. Let  us  see  how  completely  facts  justify  the  worthy  pastor's 
intercession  for  his  flock.  In  1638  the  town  voted  that  every  household- 
er, and  3'oung  man  upwards  of  twenty-one  years  of  age,  that  was  born 
in  town,  and  county,  should  have  six  acres  of  land.  According  to  the 
record,  every  man  who  is  known  to  have  been  then  an  inhabitant  except- 
ing two  who  were  very  poor,  and  one  or  two  others  who  had  just  moved 
into  town,  received  a  grant  of  land.  The  number,  excluding  the  minis- 
ter and  his  son,  appears  to  have  been  just  one  hundred,  of  whom,  in 
1690,  several  were  dead.  We  may  therefore  make  a  liberal  allowance 
for  young  men  under  twenty-one  capable  of  bearing  arms,  and  for  so- 
journers and  others  whose  names  hid  not  yet  got  into  the  records,  and 
still  come  to  the  conclusion  that  there  could  not  have  been  in  the  town, 
in  1690,  as  many  as  ninety  men  fit  for  military  duty.  Moreover,  the 
History  shows  (p.  214)  that  the  number  of  persons  assessed  for  a  poll- 
tax  in  1693  was  only  seventy-eight.  I  know  not  that  information  can 
anywhere  be  obtained  concerning  the  number  of  Gloucester  men  that 
actually  joined  this  ill-fated  expedition  to  Canada,  but  that  it  included 
a  very  large  proportion  of  the  young  and  able-bodied  men  of  the  town 
there  can  be  no  doubt. 

REV.    JOHN    WHITE. 

No  records  of  this  church  previous  to  the  ministry  of  Mr.  White  are 
now  in  existence,  but  it  seems  that  he  must  have  possessed  such,  for  he 
begins  his  record  of  baptisms  with  those  "baptised  before  1703."  His 
first  entry  in  the  records  is  here  given: — "The  Reverend  Mr.  John 
Emerson  after  more  than  fourty  years  spent  in  the  ministry  in  this  town 
of  Gloucester  left  this  life  for  a  better  Dec.  2,  1700  being  about  the  75 
year  of  his  age.     And  after  about  ten  years  spent  in  trouble  from  the- 


4  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

different  apprehentions  concerning  a  minister  unworthy  mo,  John 
White  (who  am  less  than  the  least  of  all  that  in  a  probationary  way 
preached  here),  was  pitched  upon  and  chosen  by  church  and  Town  to  be 
their  spiritual  pastor  and  guide,  which  solemn  charge  I  had  given  me 
the  21st  of  April  1703  By  the  reverened  Mr.  Gerrish,  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Wenham  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wise  gave  the  Eight  Hand  of 
Fellowship." 

The  following  were  the  male  members  of  the  church  residing  in  town 
in  1703: 

Joseph  Haskell,  Deacon,  James  Parsons,  Deacon,  William  Parsons, 
sen.,  James  Davis,  sen.,  William  Haskell,  sen.,  Benjamin  Haskell, 
Timothy  Day,  Joseph  Allen,  James  Say  ward,  Jeffrey  Parsons,  John 
Hadley,  Nathaniel  Coit,  Plumphrey  Woodbury,  Anthony  Day,  John 
Bray,  John  Parsons,  James  Davis,  jun.,  Thomas  Day,  sen.,  Samuel  Day, 
Morris  Smith,  Nathaniel  Parsons. 

Besides  the  above  the  following  five  male  members  were  out  of  town  : 
Mr.  John  Emerson,  Thomas  Millet,  Samuel  Allen,  Jacob  Davis,  Samuel 
Webber. 

Mr.  White's  daughter  Mary,  Avife  of  Deacon  David  Allen,  died  Au- 
gust 29,  1765. 

From  the  catalogue  of  the  library  of  this  "zealous,  faithful  and  excel- 
lent divine,"  consisting  of  about  fifty  different  works,  I  select  the  follow- 
ing of  the  value  of  four  shillings  and  upwards  :  —  Henry's  Exposition, 
5  vols.,  £6  6s  8d  ;  Heylin's  Cosmography,  £1  ;  Burketton  the  New  Tes- 
tament, £1  5s  Od  ;  Hildersham's  Lectures,  14s  ;  Bishop  Babington  on  the 
five  books  of  Moses,  10s  4d  ;  Perkins'  Works,  18s;  Willard's  Body  of 
Divinity,  15s;  Kendall  on  the  Doctrine  of  the  Reformed  Churches,  4s; 
Hooker's  Ecclesiastical  Polity,  4s;  Hildersham's  108  Lectures,  12s; 
Cambridge  Concordance,  5s  6d ;  Virgil  in  Usum  Delphini,  4s  ;  Cole's 
Dictionary,  6s.  All  the  rest  of  his  books  did  not  amount  in  value  to 
the  list  here  given.  The  first  one  mentioned  is,  of  course,  the  celebrated 
Exposition  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  by  Matthew  Henry,  an 
English  divine.  It  is  called  a  work  of  a  practical  and  devotional  rather 
than  of  a  critical  kind. 

In  the  History,  p.  231,  it  is  stated  that  the  town  was  presented  at  a 
Quarterly-Session  Court  in  Salem  for  neglect  to  provide  a  school  accord- 
ing to  law.  It  seems  that  in  1711  it  was  again  faulty  in  this  particular 
and  had  again  been  complained  of  at  Court.  On  the  last  occasion  the 
minister  intercedes  for  his  people,  in  the  letter  here  given.  The  "Com- 
modious School  house"  mentioned  in  it  is  that  described  in  the  History 


EARLY    RECORDS.  5 

p.  233,  which  cost  twenty-four  pounds  fifteen  shillings.  "The  present 
Expedition"  to  which  he  alludes  is  the  unfortunate  attempt  against  Can- 
ada. 

Glouster,  June  25,  1711. 
May  it  please  your  Honours, 

At  this  time  I  think  it  my  duty  to  Intercede  for  our  delinquent  town.  I  have  stired 
up  the  Town  some  years  past  to  set  up  &  maintain  a  publick  School  as  the  Law  directs. 
They  have  complyed  and  have  built  a  Commodious  School  house  &  for  several  years 
past  have  had  a  Grammar  School  Master.  And  to  my  certain  knowledge  the  Reason 
Why  we  are  now  destitute  is  not  for  want  of  caring  for  &  seeking  after  one,  but  rather 
because  at  this  juncture  there  is  none  to  be  had.  The  Selectmen  desired  me  when  I 
went  to  the  Association  Meeting  to  enquire  after  a  suitable  person  but  none  could  be 
found,  &  again  when  I  went  to  Election,  &  there  I  enquired  to  no  effect.  Moreover 
Capt.  Allen  one  of  our  Selectmen  took  a  Journey  to  Cambridge  &  applyed  himself  to 
the  President  for  direction  &  Assistance  in  this  Matter.  And  the  President  told  him 
that  their  was  none  at  leasure  till  after  Commencement,  but  Mr.  President  promised  to 
supply  our  want  then.  Capt.  Allen  went  down  to  Boston  &  enquired  of  Mr.  Wadsworth 
but  after  all  this  care  &  Travail  we  happen  at  this  Crisis  to  be  destitute.  Xow  may  it 
please  your  Honours  seeing  that  the  Town  has  a  clue  regard  to  learning  and  the  Good 
Laws  of  the  Province  for  in  March  last  the  Town  Yoated  that  they  would  have  a  Gram- 
mar School  Master  for  this  present  year  &  have  taken  care  for  his  support,  I  would 
humbly  pray  that  your  Honours  would  not  rigourously  axact  upon  us  according  to  the 
Letter  of  the  Law,  &  I  dare  promise  that  your  Honours'  Indulgence  shall  not  be  abused 
unto  a  negligence  in  this  Matter.  I  will  humbly  offer  some  things  to  prevail  with  your 
Honours.  The  present  Expedition  is  a  Heavy  burden  to  us  as  well  as  to  other  Towns, 
for  many  that  go  not  themselves  contribute  for  the  encouragement  of  such  as  serve, 
as  also  the  Enemy  make  fearful  depredations  upon  our  poor  fishermen  at  Cape  Sables. 
Now  how  discouraging  it  would  lie,  all  Circumstances  considered,  for  the  Town  at  this 
Time  to  be  lined  for  a  delinquency  that  cannot  be  prevented.  I  will  leave  to  your  Hon- 
ours Consideration,  Wishing  your  Honours  may  at  this  time  &  from  time  to  time  be 
directed  unto  a  prudent  &  f aithf  ull  Application  &  Administration  of  the  Good  Laws  Ave 
are  under. 

Your  Honours  Humble  & 
Obedient  Servant, 
Johx  White. 

For  the  Honourable  Her  Majcstys  Justices  assembled  in  general  Sessions  of  the  Peace 
Att  Salem. 

REV.    SAMUEL    CHANDLER.1 

Ill  1752  Mr.  Chandler  bought  a  lot  on  Middle  St.  and  erected  on  it  a 
gambrel-roofed  house,  still  standing,  which  he  owned  and  occupied  till 
his  death.  He  married  Anna  Peeker  of  Haverhill,  Sept.  12,  1738.  Her 
son  Samuel  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Parsons  of 
Newburyport,  probably  in  1781,  and  died  in  1787,  leaving  an  only  son, 
Samuel,  born  in  1782,  who  married  Elizabeth  Wyatt  of  Newport.     He 

1  See  p.  327  of  History. 


6  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

was  a  shipmaster  and  lived  in  Medford.  He  was  lost  at  sea  in  1827, 
leaving  a  daughter  Elizabeth  who  married  Isaac  A.  Hatch  of  Bangor, 
and  died  in  1857,  aged  thirty-two. 

A  sermon  delivered  by  Mr.  Chandler  on  Thanksgiving  day,  Nov.  29, 
1759,  was  printed.  His  text  was  Isaiah  ix  :  6.  — "His  name  shall  be 
called  Wonderful."  A  specimen  of  the  style  of  this  sermon  is  given  in 
the  following  extract : 

"Wonders  are  immersed  in  the  deep.  There  is  the  ramble  of  Leviathan,  the  king  over 
all  the  children  of  pride,  who  makes  the  sea  boil  like  a  pot.  There  dwelt  the  fish  that 
arrested  the  fugitive  prophet  Jonah,  confined  him  to  a  cabin  until  he  was  delivered  up 
to  justice.  This  is  the  habitation  of  cod  fish,  an  unimpaired  source  of  Treasure,  a  rich 
revenue,  a  wholesome  repast,  delicate  diet;  the  reward  of  the  dripping  toils  of  the 
fishermen,  who  live  in  the  spray  and  labor  on  the  verge  of  the  ocean.  The  Almighty 
monarch  appoints  the  place  of  rendezvous  for  the  scaly  herds  and  finny  tribes,  parades 
them  on  the  banks;  and  moved  by  his  guidance  they  come  volunteers  to  the  hook  and 
are  drawn  from  their  native  element.  His  all-seeing  eye  penetrates  the  deep  abyss.  He 
saw  the  fisli  that  swallowed  the  silver  coin,  sent  Peter  to  the  rock,  and  brought  the  will- 
ing subject  to  the  hook,  who  resigned  himself  with  his  prize  to  be  a  tribute  for  his  mas- 
ter.    He  feeds,  leads  and  rules  every  inhabitant  in  the  watery  world." 

Mr.  Chandler  kept  a  journal  of  which  a  few  small  annual  volumes  are 
preserved.  Mingled  with  much  that  is  unimportant,  they  contain  many 
items  that  will  be  read  with  interest  by  all  who  take  pleasure  in  getting 
an  occasional  glimpse  of  the  life  of  past  generations,  as  it  exhibited  itself 
on  the  spot  on  which  we  now  dwell.  From  this  journal  I  have  been  per- 
mitted to  make  some  extracts  which  will  be  here  presented  in  print; 
commencing  with  the  first  entry  connecting  Mr.  Chandler  with  Glou- 
cester. 

Feb.  9,  1751.  Dr.  Parsons  &  Capt.  Jacob  Parsons  came  to  desire 
me  to  go  to  Gloucester  to  preach  there. 

Feb.   11.     The  committee  from  Cape  Ann  called  again. 

Feb.  21.  I  set  out  for  Glocester ;  Lodged  at  Mr.  Wibirds  with  Mr. 
Wear;  sat  out  next  day. 

Feb.  22.  and  dined  at  Mr.  Whipple's,  Hampton ;  -went  over  Alms- 
bury  ferry  lodged  at  Mr.  Jewetts  at  Rowley. 

Feb.  23.  I  dined  at  Ipswich  at  Mr.  Emerson  Cogswell ;  I  set  out  for 
Cape  aim,  mist  my  way  after  I  got  over  the  gt  Bridge  and  went  abt  a 
mile  out  of  my  way  ;  got  down  to  the  Harbour  just  before  sunset ;  called 
at  Capt.  Jacob  Parsons  according  to  desire  ;  by  Guess  the  first  store  I 
called  at  to  enquire  at  was  his,  went  in  drank  a  dram  there  of  old  mans 
bar nes ;  he  went  with  me  to  Mr.  Whites  where  I  Lodge. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  7 

Feb.  24.  I  preached  at  Glocester  from  Tsai.  Iv.  1;  afternoon  from 
John  v.  40  ;  in  the  evening  came  in  Deacon  Stacy  and  one  Mr.  Chapman 
of  Ipswich,  a  very  talking  old  gentleman  of  near  four  score  years,  a 
Zealot  he  says  he  is  abt  9  years  old  ;  drank  tea  at  noon  at  Mr.  Stevens  ; 
the}r  dine. 

Feb.  25.  Mr.  White  and  I  walked  up  to  Dea  Aliens,  home  to  din- 
ner, then  we  walk  down  to  the  Harbour.  Went  first  to  Mr.  Gibbs 
(he  at  Boston)  she  (they  say)  was  the  most  desirous  of  my  coming. 
Mr.  White  sd  to  her  there  was  no  need  of  the  caution  he  gave  her. 
She  sd  she  was  not  disappointed.  She  sd  Mr.  Say  ward  and  others  had 
spoken  of  me  often  at  their  House.  I  sd  I  did  not  apprehend  I  was 
under  such  disadvantages,  if  I  had  t'would  have  been  a  damp  to  me. 
We  drank  tea  there  and  then  Avent  to  Capt.  Seargeants,  drank  a  glass 
of  wine  and  harne. 

Feb.  26.  Mr.  White  and  I  went  to  Dr.  Plumers,  dined  there,  kindly 
entertained  ;  after  Dinner  Dea  Allen  and  the  Dr  went  with  us  into  the 
woods.     I  heard  a  spring  bird  sing. 

Feb.  27.  Snow  in  the  morning,  cleared  up;  after  dinner  Mr.  White 
and  I  went  to  Capt.  Saunders  and  to  Mr.  Littlehales  and  to  Deacon 
Warners  and  then  to  see  Mrs.  Denning,  sick  ;  I  prayed  there,  then  back 
to  the  Deacons  family  meeting.  I  prayed  and  read  a  him,  of  Mr.  Rede. 
Eev.  iii.  17. 

Feb.  28.  was  church  meeting;  1  went  up  the  Hill  while  Mr.  White 
went  to  meeting;  went  to  the  Apostolic  see  &  to  the  Burying  place; 
converse  among  the  toombs  ;  home  and  read  Mr.  Durham  upon  Isai  1. 
iii.  ;  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Rogers  of  Ipswich,  requesting  help  for 
the  Sect. 

March  1.  after  dinner  Mr.  White  and  I  went  to  the  harbour  to  Mr. 
Wm,  Stevens  ;  he  says  he  believes  there  is  a  good  prospect  if  I  tarry  that 
the  people  will  be  united  ;  he  seems  cordial,  we  went  to  Capt.  Elery's, 
were  very  kindly  entertained,  drank  tea  there.  Mr.  Stevens  read  my  pa- 
pers of  dismission  in  the  evening.  Dr.  Parsons  Dea  Stacy  and  Mr. 
Woodward,  a  comtee  of  the  chh  ehosen  yesterday,  came  to  my  Lodging 
at  Mr.  Whites  to  treat  with  me  and  invited  me  to  tarry  with  them  three 
months  ;  informed  me  that  twas  the  mind  of  the  church  to  proceed  to 
settlement;  I  informed  him  of  the  situation  of  my  affairs,  the  prospects 
of  usefulness  elsewhere,  in  the  school  and  at  Berierch,  and  could  not 
engage  so  long  a  time,  but  in  the  case  I  engaged  to  supply  them  3  Sab- 
baths next  to  come,  &  then  I  must  return  to  York  and  be  absent  one 


8  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

Sal >1  >;ith,  and  then  I  would  return  here  and  give  them  a  further  an- 
swer. 

March  2.  We  went  to  the  Harbour  to  be  shaved  ;  went  into  Nath'l. 
Aliens,  very  kind  ;  his  wife  was  Mr.  Gee's  daughter  ;  went  to  Mr.  Win. 
Stevens,  none  at  home  ;  went  to  Mr.  Jaquish,  Schoolmaster,  and  home. 

March  3.  Very  cold  day;  I  preached  from  2  Cor.  iii.  18.,  had  great 
freedom  and  enlargement.  Remarkable  good  attention  ;  at  noon  we 
walked  home;  in  the  evening  Capt.  Gibs  and  Mr.  Witham  came  up  to 
Mr.  White's  to  see  me ;  spent  the  evening  there.  Mr.  White  says  I 
shall  be  the  man  if  they  are  worthy  of  me. 

March  4.  Snow  in  the  morning  ;  I  tarried  to  dine  at  11  o'clock  ;  got 
to  Ipswich  at  2£  ;  baited  my  horse  at  the  Tavern  ;  stept  over  to  Col. 
Eveleigh's  ;  to  oats  2d.  to  a  pair  of  yarn  Gloves  18d  ;  then  set  out  for 
Rowley  ;  a  very  stormy  snowy  day.     Lodged  at  Mr.  Chandlers. 

March  5.     Very  stormy;  I  lay  by  at  Mr.  Chandlers. 

March  6.  alter  dinner  I  set  out  with  uncle  Chandler  for  Andover ; 
Col.  Tenny  and  Mr.  Chandler  went  with  us  to  Fosters  to  break  the  way  ; 
I  got  to  Father's. 

March  7.     I  visited  at  Mr.  Philips — parish  meeting. 

March  8.  I  set  out  for  Cape  aim,  dinner  at  Mr.  Woods,  lodged  at 
Col.  Eveleighs ;  kindly  entertained;  very  bad  riding;  the  snow  that 
fell  Monday  and  jCuesday  abt  15  inches  deep. 

March  9.  rainy,  foggy  ;  exceedingly  bad  riding.  I  got  down  to 
the  Harbour  abt  1  o'clock;  dined  at  Capt.  Nathl  Aliens;  then  to  my 
Qtrs  at  Mr.  Whites. 

March  10.  Stormy,  rain,  but  pretty  full  meeting;  I  preached  from 
Gen.  xxviii.  2,  and  Matthew  xxiv.  30-31  ;  was  sent  for  at  noon  to  see 
Mrs.  Perring ;  she  is  dying;  I  prayed  with  her;  drank  a  dish  of  tea  at 
deacon  Warner's  he  says  they  agreed  to  be  silent  as  to  commendation 
but  the  others  sd  oppose ;  for  that  reason  Mr.  White  was  not  at  meet- 
ing.    I  Lodged  at  Mr.  John  Stevens  ;  kindly  entertained. 

March  11.  Clear  &  pleasant ;  went  to  see  the  fort;  dined  at  Capt. 
Gibs  ;  She  gave  me  a  cambric  Handkerchief  and  2  fans  for  my  two 
daughters  ;  I  visited  at  Mr.  Win.  Stevens,  &  went  again  to  Mr.  John 
Stevens  ;  prayed  with  a  little  negro  girl  sick;  and  to  Capt.  Jacob  Park- 
ers ;  and  to  Mr.  Whites;  Dr.  Plumer  and  wife  there. 

March  12.  We  went  over  the  cut  to  deacon  Jno.  Parsons  ;  he  con- 
fined with  a  cold.  We  dined  at  Dr.  Williams;  Mr.  Parsons  of  Bylield 
there;  then  went  to  Capt.  Princes;  his  wife  sick  a  bed;  Mr.  Parsons 


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prayed  there.  We  attend  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Perring.  Mr.  Wm.  Ste- 
vens spent  the  evening  at  Mr.  White's. 

March  13.  Went  down  to  be  shaved;  Avent  to  Capt.  Elery's  came 
home  and  went  down  to  Lect.  at  3,  at  the  Harbour.  I  was  much  as- 
sisted ;  found  greater  freedom  than  since  I  have  been  in  town  ;  preached 
from  Eph.  v.  2;  after  meeting  went  with  Mr.  White  to  Mr.  Wood- 
wards ;  drank  tea  ;  Even  at  Dea  Stacys. 

March  14.  Went  down  to  Mr.  Sayers ;  to  Sam  Parsons;  afternoon 
I  preached  Mr.  Rogers  Lect.  was  very  much  confused  ;  supd  at  Mr. 
Rogers  ;  spent  the  evening  at  Mr.  Wm.  Aliens. 

March  15.  Very  rainy  S.  E.  storm;  I  was  very  dull;  went  over  to 
Deacon  Stacys;  he  sick  of  Jaunders. 

March  16.  Went  after  Dinner  to  see  Capt.  Princes  wife ;  sick  of 
fever  and  jaund us  ;  prayed  there  ;  went  to  barbers  ;  paid  me  8  Dollars 
for  travailing  expenses  and  2  days  of  preaching,  and  they  kept  me  and 
my  Horse,  £4  per  week  for  my  Board  8d  a  day  for  my  Horse  ;  he  sent 
my  wife  a  Bilbo  Handkerchief;  then  we  called  in  at  Mr.  Aliens,  sail- 
maker. 

March  17.  I  preached  ;  had  great  enlargement  in  prayer  and  preach- 
ing, freedom ;  Mr.  White  administered  the  Sacrament ;  I  partook ;  at 
noon  went  to  Mr.  Woodwards  ;  drank  tea. 

March  18.  Went  with  Mr.  White  in  the  shaise  to  Capt.  Grovers ; 
drank  tea  at  Saml  Laightons  and  came  home. 

March  19.  Went  up  in  town,  Mr.  White  and  wife  and  I,  to  Capt. 
Elery's  and  then  to  Madam  Aliens  ;  there  was  one  Mr.  Davis  and  wife ; 
he  is  under  great  trouble  of  soul  ;  I  went  to  Dr.  Plumers  and  came  to 
Mr.  White  and  wife  at  Deacon  Aliens;  drank  tea;  then  came  home. 

March  20.  Went  to  Harbour  to  Mr.  Stevens  ;  to  Barbers  ;  to  old 
Mr.  Stevens  ;  to  Jas.  Stevens ;  he  contind ;  to  Mrs.  Perkins ;  prayed 
there  ;   she  is  blind. 

March  21.  Provincial  Fast;  Forenoon  I  prayed  about  an  hour; 
preached ;  at  noon  I  went  to  Mr.  Jno  Stevens,  eat  a  piece  of  bread  and 
handful  plumbs  ;  afternoon  Mr.  White  prayed  half  an  hour  ;  I  preached 
(from  Heb.  ii.  4.) . 

March  22.  Mr.  John  Stevens  sent  for  me  and  Mr.  White  and  Madam 
to  dine ;  I  went  forenoon  to  Dr.  Withams  &  Mrs.  Gibs  &  to  Mr.  Ste- 
vens ;  there  was  Nathl  Allen  and  wife  and  her  sister  Sally,  Wm.  Ste- 
vens and  wife,  Mrs.  Elery,  Wm.  Allen's  wife,  Lucy  Allen,  JNaby 
White ;    had  first  boild  beef    and  pork,  bacon,  then  roast  pork  and 


10  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

turkie  ;  then  rise  pudding  and  apple  pie ;  after  dinner  we  went  to  see 
the  sorrowful  bereaved  Mrs.  Wallis. 

March  23.  Mr.  White  went  to  Squam  ;  I  tarried  at  home  and  stud- 
ied ;   Mrs.  Norwood  here. 

March  24.  I  preached  with  much  freedom  ;  drank  tea  at  noon  at 
Capt.  Gibs  ;  in  the  evening  came  in  Capt.  Grover  and  Dr.  Plumer  & 
wife;  very  warm,  pleasant. 

March  25.  I  sat  out  for  York,  dined  at  Mr.  Cogswell,  at  Ipswich  ; 
went  to  Mr.  Parsons  at  By  field,  and  Lodged  at  my  Brothers  at  New- 
bury ;  in  the  morning  I  came  from  Mr.  White's  at  8  o'clock;  called  at. 
Mr.  Stevens  ;  he  sent  a  Handkerchief  to  my  wife ;  called  at  Jno  Ste- 
vens and  Mr.  Woodward,  and  went  to  Deacon  Parsons'  (Win.)  to 
Breakfast ;  he  paid  me  6  dollars  ;  Capt.  Sargeant  sent  me  a  Pound  of  Tea 
and  a  dollar  in  it. 

April  11.  I  set  out  in  the  morning  for  Ipswich,  dined  at  Mr.  Rog- 
ers and  preached  his  Lect.  visited  Mr.  Walley,  very  weak  ;  Lodged 
with  Mr.  Foxcroft,  mintr.  of  Boston,  at  Mr.  Rogers. 

April  12.  I  set  out  after  dining  with  Mr.  Crocker  for  Cape  Ann ; 
lodged  at  Mr.  Jaquish,  and  drank  tea  at  Deacon  Win.  Parsons;  got  to 
my  Lodgings  abt  sunset. 

April  13.  I  went  to  the  Harbour  to  Capt  Gibs  ;  dined  there  ;  to  Mr. 
Wm.  Stevens  and  home. 

April  14.     I  preached  from  Ps.  cxliv.  15  ;  afternoon  Lam.  iii.  24. 

April  15.  rainy  Day;  I  wras  at  Home  all  day,  except  that  I  went  to 
Deacon  Stacy's. 

April  16.  I  went  with  Mr.  White  and  Madam  to  Capt.  Corney's, 
and  then  to  the  widow  Saunders,  the  Aged,  and  to  the  young  widows 
;  Mr.  Emerson  Cogswell  lodged  with  me. 

April  17.  I  went  to  Ipswich,  preached  a  Lect.  for  Mr.  Walley, 
Lodged  there ;  was  at  Col.  Barry's  in  the  evening. 

April  18.  I  came  down  to  Mr.  Jaques',  preached  his  Lect.  and  came 
home  over  the  ferry ;  very  windy  this  2  days. 

April  19.  I  went  with  Mr.  White  to  Mr.  Bradstreets  at  Squam  ; 
came  home  abt  sunset;  Mr.  Wm.  Stevens  and  wife  and  Mrs.  Allen  at 
Mr.  Whites  ;  cold  raw  weather. 

April  20.  very  rainy  ;  High  wind  ;  S  E  storm  ;  after  dinner  I  went 
to  Mrs.  Perkins'  and  to  Capt.  Giddings ;  She  gave  me  3  oranges,  he 
6  Lemons. 

April  21.     I  was  very  dead  and  dull ;  preached  ;   dined  on  tea  at  Capt. 


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Elery's  ;  in  the  evening  came  in  Edward  Preble,  going  to  York  ;  wrote 
a  letter  to  my  wife  ;  sent  some  oranges. 

April  22.  I  went  in  the  morning  to  Deacon  Parsons  ;  to  Eben  Par- 
sons;  dined  at  Deacon  Parsons;  spent  the  afternoon  there,  it  being 
rainy ;  in  the  evening  I  went  to  Mr.  Woodwards  with  Deacon  Par- 
sons to  meet  the  comtee  :  informed  them  I  would  tarry  the  3  months  ; 
Dn  Parsons  says  he  wd  have  me  look  upon  the  people  with  a  view  of 
settling  here  ;  all  the  comtee  seem  fond  of  my  settling  here  ;  got  home 
a  quarter  after  9. 

April  23.  I  went  to  Dr.  Withams,  &  to  Mrs.  Fedrics,  &  to  Dn  Warner's. 

April  24.     Studied  and  preached  the  Lect. 

April  25.  Mr.  White  and  wife  &  I  dined  at  Capt.  Gibs,  &  went 
to  Mr.  Ingersoll ;  Mr.  White  and  I  drank  tea  at  Capt.  Sargeants ;  I 
went  to  Mr.  Wm.  Stevens. 

April  26.  I  went  to  Capt.  Princes,  to  Mr.  Aliens  and  Mr.  John 
Stevens.     Studied  in  the  even,  fair  but  cool. 

April  27.  Mr.  White  and  I  dined  at  Capt.  Sargeants,  after  dinner 
went  to  see Elwell,  sick,  1  prayed. 

April  28.  Sacramt;  I  preached.  Mr.  White  &  family  dined  all  of 
us  at  Mr.  Nathl  Aliens  ;  Mrs.  Sally  Gee  and  I  drank  tea. 

May  13.  I  visited  with  Mr.  White  at  Capt.  Grovers  ;  Mr.  Hadley ; 
I  prayed,  widow  Brown  long  confind  ;  to   Capt.   Collins  ;  dined  there  ; 

then  to Smiths;  drank  tea  there;    then  to   Andrew  Elwells ; 

then  to  David  Gardner's,  Mr.  White  prayed;  to  Capt.  Cerney's ;  I 
prayed  at  Capt.  Grover's ;  &  Mr.  White  went  along  home.  Thunder 
in  the  evening. 

May  14.     Cold  stormy  weather. 

May  15.  I  visited  at  Mr.  Stevens;  had  my  Hair  cut;  went  to  see 
Mrs.  Prince  and  Mrs.  Fednix ;  very  warm. 

May  1(3.  very  warm  pleasant  weather  ;  visited  Dn  Warners  ;  he  went 
with  me  to  Capt.  Grovers  ;  I  prayed  there. 

May  17.  I  studied ;  went  an  hour  before  dinner  to  see  my  Horse 
in  Deacon  Parsons  pasture,  by  Jno.  Bennetts  ;  afternoon  I  studied  and 
visited  at  Mr.  Nathl  Aliens. 

May  18.  I  studied,  forenoon  ;  afternoon  to  the  barbers  ;  to  Mr.  Al- 
iens ;  their  youngest  child  abt  9  months  old,  died  very  suddenly  this 
morning. 

May  19.  Clear,  warm,  but  came  up  a  cold  fog,  wore  my  gt  coat; 
preached. 


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i 

May  20.  Visited  with  Mr.  White,  Madam  Allen  and  Thomas  Allen 
dined  at  home;  after  dinner  went  with  Mr.  White  to  Dn  Whithams,  to 
Mr.  Brumes,  to  Dr.  Warners,  to  Capt.  Elerys,  Mr.  Stevens  (James), 
then  to  the  Funerall  of  Mr.  Nathl  Aliens  child,  abt  9  mos  old  ;  he  gave 
rings  to  Bearers  and  Minst. 

May  21.  was  chh  meeting.  On  the  24  April,  after  Lect  the  chh 
stopd  &  committee  abt  a  chh  meeting  &  appointed  Wednesday  for  the 
meeting  :  which  meeting  some  were  for  delaying,  but  they  voted  to  pro- 
ceed to  setele  &  voted  that  they  would  come  to  action  May  21  ;  —  ac- 
cordingly this  day  they  met  &  voted  by  wright  on  sorting  the  votes ; 
it  appeared  as  they  lay  there  were  26  votes  for  me  and  7  blanks  ;  the 
comtee  came  to  me  in  the  even  and  brought  a  coppy  of  the  votes  &  in- 
formed and  desired  me  to  tarry  a  few  Sabbaths  (as  my  time  of  engage- 
ment was  out)  till  they  could  have  a  parish  meeting. 

May  22.  I  went  down  to  be  shaved  ;  then  went  to  Mr.  Sargent  over 
the  Hill,  thick  &  foggy. 

May  23.  afternoon  I  visited  Capt.  Grover,  he  is  up  &  better;  then 
to  Capt.  Collins  to  wedding;  I  made  the  last  prayer;  his  son,  James 
Collins,  gave  me  a  dollar. 

May  24.  I  studied  till  towards  night,  went  to  Capt.  Gibs  ;  eat  fresh 
mackerel  for  supper. 

May  25.     Fresh  S  W  wind.     I  studied. 

May  26.  I  preached.  I  had  much  freedom  in  p,  no  want  of  expres- 
sion. 

May  27.  I  set  out  with  Mr.  White  for  Boston  by  water  in  a  sloop, 
Capt.  Thos.  Saunders,  in  the  morning  at  7  o'clock,  very  foggy  till  12  ; 
got  up  to  Boston  a  little  after  8  ;  lodged  at  Dan  Parkers. 

May  28.     Very  warm  —  29.     Election,  Mr.  Webster  preached. 

May  30.     Convention,  Mr.  Wigglesworth  preached. 

May  31.  Set  out  in  a  scooner,  Capt.  El  well,  abt  3  afternoon,  got 
down  abt  11,  very  blustering ;  corpesant  on  the  spindle;  hard  gale; 
Thunder. 

June  1.  I  went  up  to  Dn  Plumers,  forenoon  ;  Mr.  Lyman  there  and 
wife  ;  afternoon  at  the  Harbour. 

June  2.  I  preachd  forenoon ;  Mr.  Lyman  preached  for  me  in  the 
afternoon. 

June  21.  I  set  out  at  7  o'clock  for  Gloucester,  windy,  passed  Pis- 
cataway  ferry  pretty  well ;  dined  at  Clarks  at  1  o'clock;  he  gave,  me 
my  dinner ;  oat'd  again  at  Newbury  ferry ;  Expense   lp ;  got  to   Ips- 


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wich  abt  8  ;  lodged  at  Mr.  Rogers ;  met  Mr.  John  Rogers  in  Hampton 
Causey. 

June  22.  got  to  Gloucester  to  dinner,  went  to  pasture  with  my 
horse,  to  Du  Plumers  to  Deacon  Aliens  &  home,  then  to  the  Barbers, 
to  Mr.  Stevens  and  home  before  sunset. 

June  23.     I  preachd  with  great  freedom. 

June  24.  Parish  meeting  to  see  if  the  parish  would  concur  with  the 
church  in  the  choice  of  a  minister ;  abt  8  o'clock  the  Moderator,  by 
Hubbard  Haskell,  sent  up  to  me  for  my  dismission  from  the  pastoral 
office  in  the  chh  at  York  ;  I  sent  it ;  after  came  up  Deacon  Stacy  for  the 
Result  of  the  Council;  I  sent  that  with  my  request  for  a  dismission. 

June  25.  I  went  with  Mr.  White  and  Madam  to  pay  a  visit  at  Dr. 
Plumers.  Madam  Moody  there,  abt  6  o'clock  I  received  a  line  from  Dn 
Parsons  and  a  chaise  sent  up  for  me  to  request  I  would  come  to  the 
comtee  at  His  House  at  the  Harbour ;  the  comtee  chosen  were  Messrs 
Win.  Parsons,  Eben  Parsons,  Juo  Stevens,  Nathl  Ellery,Dan  Witham, 
Eben  Collins,  Sam  Stevens  Jr.,  Philn  Warner,  and  John  Cornery,  they 
gave  me  a  coppy  of  the  votes  and  informed  me  they  voted  by  walking ; 
those  that  were  for  me  were  desired  to  walk  east,  \vh  were  59  or  60 ; 
those  opposd  to  walk  west,  which  were  2  ;  and  7  or  8  sat  still ;  and 
there  were  27  that  were  absent,  that  left  their  names  subscribed  to  a 
paper  showing  that  they  were  for,  and  many  others  by  word  on  mouth 

we  had  much  conference.    I  hinted  some  discouragement  the  great 

of  the  Parish;  the  concourse  of  gentlemen,  strangers,  &c,  &c,  I  thank 
the  parish  for  their  respect  to  me  and  desird  their  prayers  &  took  the 
case  under  consideration ;  they  desired  me  to  continue  to  supply  them 
&  proposed  to  meet  again  next  Monday  to  consult  and  prepare  some- 
thing by  way  of  sallary  &  settlement ;  came  home  at  9. 

June  26.     I  preached  Mr.  Rogers  Lect. 

June  27.  Went  to  wedding,  Capt.  Bennett  to  Mrs.  Pattee  Parsons. 
J\lr.  White  married  them  ;  the  Bride  gave  me  2  Dollars  ;  we  came  home 
abt   11  o'clock. 

June  28.     Pretty  cool,  I  visited  at  the  Harbour. 

June  29.     Pretty  cool  weather  most  of  the  month,  studied. 

June  30  .     I  preachd  with  much  freedom  and  enlargement. 

July  1.  I  went  in  the  forenoon  to  Mr.  Rogers;  his  youngest  child 
dangerously  sick  of  a  Fever ;  I  prayed  there  at  his  desire  ;  then  went  to 
Win  Aliens  and  home  to  dinner;  there  was  a  large  Rattle  Snake  killed 
to- day  at  the  flat  Rock  with  twelve  Rattles  ;  'twas  laid  across  the  wall  by 


14  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Mr.  Whites,  we  went  out  and  cut  off  the  head  and  buried  it ;  afternoon 
we  rode  in  the  chaise  to  Capt  Sanders,  he  at  Home;  drank  Punch  and 
tea  there  ;  he  was  very  courteous  desired  me  to  frequent  his  House,  the 
oftener  the  Better. 

July  2.     I  kept  this  day  in  my  study,  in  prayer,  &c. 

July  3.  I  was  pretty  Dull  ;  went  to  the  Harbour  to  Capt  Gibbs,  Nathl 
Sargents  and  Mr.  Stevens  ;  attended  Fam.  meet  Dn  Stacy's. 

July  4.  Attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Roger's  child  Mary,  abt  a  year 
old.     Rain-showers  after  a  long  drouth. 

July  5.  Rainy  cloudy  day;  visited  at  Deacon  Warners;  prayed  at 
Hubbard  Harkins,  he  not  at  home  ;  went  to  Jno  Stevens. 

July  6.     I  was  in  a  poor,  dull,  listless  frame  all  day. 

July  7.  I  preached  ;  after  meeting  I  was  called  in  to  see  2  sick  chil- 
dren at  Mrs  Davis,  one  of  them  is  under  conviction,  talks  very  admirably. 

July  8.  Mr.  White  and  I  visited  the  sick  ;  Hannah  Rains  deranged, 
I  prayed  there  ;  met  with  the  comtee  in  the  even  ;  they  made  the  propo- 
sal to  me  of  salliiry. 

July  9.  Mr.  Sam  Moody  and  Daniel  Sewall  dined  here  ;  Mr.  White 
and  I  went  over  the  water  to  see  Hannah  Gardner ;  under  conviction  & 
tempt ;  I  prayed  there. 

July  10.     Mr.  Moody,  Dn  Plumer  and  wife  dined  here. 

July  11.  Light  shower;  much  thunder;  I  went  and  preached  a  pri- 
vate Lect.  at  widow  Brown's  ;  visited  at  Mr  Hadleys  ;  she  met  with  a  fall 
thro  a  Trap  door;  Prayed  with  Mrs.  Rains  on  her  death  bed. 

July  12.  Rainy;  visited  Mrs  Gibbes,  sent  to  my  wife  a  cambrick 
handkerchief  &  ribband,  to  my  daughters  each  a  necklace  &  glass  sleeve 
buttons  &  half  dozen  oranges. 

July  13.  I  dined  at  Capt.  Sargeants,  and  Mr.  White  also ;  after  din- 
ner I  went  to  Mr.  Jacques. 

July  25.  Went  with  Mr  White  to  Eastern  Point ;  I  went  over  to  the 
water;  dined  at  Mr  Hiddens,  drank  Tea  at  Mr  Gutridge's. 

July  26.  Went  to  Dr.  Pluinmer's ;  dined  at  Home ;  visited  at  the 
Harbour. 

July  27.     Dined  at  Capt.  Gibbs'. 

July  28.     Preached  from  Hebrews  xi.  6;  dined  at  Win.  Stevens'. 

July  29.  I  set  out  from  Mr.  White's  at  7  o'clock  in  the  morning,  got 
to  York  by  daylight;  cool,  cloudy,  dined  at  Mr.  Carter's. 

August  1.  Set  out  with  my  wife  and  children  for  a  visit ;  set  out  from 
York  at  3  o'clock,  got  to  Clark's  at  Greenland,  lodged  there. 


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August  2.  Dined  at  Mr.  "Wears,  Hampton  ;  got  to  Haverhill  after 
dark  ;  lodged  in  the  Brick  House. 

August  3.  I  went  to  Rowley  ;  lodged  at  Mr  Chandler's  ;  he  gone  to 
Cape  Ann  ;  I  preached  for  him,  he  for  me. 

August  8.  My  wife  and  I  set  out  for  Cape  Ann  ;  dined  with  Mr. 
Chandler  and  wife  at  Jno.  Tyler's  ;  lodged  at  Ipswich,  Col'l.  Everleigh's. 

August  9.  Breakfast  at  Mr.  Cogswell's  and  dined  at  Mr  Jaques ; 
got  to  the  Harbour  about  4  o'clock ;  drank  Tea  at  Deacon  Parsons'. 

August  10.     At  home  at  Mr.  White's  ;  my  wife  not  well. 

August  11.  Preached;  dined  at  Deacon  Parsons;  the  congregation 
broken  up  in  a  surprise  by  reason  of  a  chimney  on  fire. 

August  12.  We  visited  at  Dr.  Plummer's  and  Wm.  Allen's  had  his 
horse  and  chaise  to  ride  ;  dined  at  home  ;  after  dinner  went  to  Mr.  Col- 
lin's to  the  Harbour ;  drank  Tea  at  Capt.  Epes  Sargeant's  ;  attended  the 
Funerall  of  Capt.  Parsons'  wife. 

August  13.  Visited  at  Mr.  Allen's  (Xathl.),  at  Dr.  Withams,  dined 
at  Capt.  Gibbs'  visited  at  Wm.  Stevens,  and  met  the  committee  at  Dea- 
con Parson's. 

August  14.  Dined  at  Mr.  Woodward's ;  drank  Tea  at  Capt.  Elery's 
at  Harbour,  &  went  up  to  Capt.  Elery's  up  in  town. 

August  15.  A  private  fast  at  Squam ;  Jedediah  Davis  crazy ;  Mr. 
Bradstreet  began  with  prayer  then  I,  then  Mr.  Rogers,  then  Mr.  White  ; 
concluded  with  sin<i'in£. 

Sept.  2.  I  was  at  home,  Sol.  Parsons  visited  me  in  the  evening  & 
represented  some  discouragement. 

Sept.  3.  Parish  meeting ;  I  gave  in  my  answer ;  sent  back  again  for 
amendment. 

Sept.  4.  I  am  very  much  indisposed  ;  have  much  of  a  Fever  and 
Ague;  Mr.  Hall  dined  here  to-day,  I  walked  with  him,  had  another  ague 
fit  as  we  was  in  the  orchard  at  about  4,  afternoon ;  I  went  over  to  Dr. 
Ray's  for  some  medicine,  very  ill ;  got  home  about  sunset. 

Sept.  8.  Mr.  White  prayed  and  I  preached  ;  after  forenoon  exercise 
went  to  Deacon  Parson's ;  was  soon  seized  with  a  violent  fit  of  ague  and 
fever  which  held  till  towards  night,  when  I  rode  home  in  the  chaise ; 
Dr.  Witham  tends  me ;  he  came  and  gave  me  a  vomit  of  epecacuania. 

Sept.  9.     Pretty  comfortable  ;  altered  my  answer  &  wrote  it  again. 

Sept.  10.  Parish  meeting,  my  answer  accepted ;  I  had  another  vio- 
lent fit  of  the  ague. 

Sept.  11.  I  am  pretty  comfortable  ;  can  write  a  little,  and  eat  a  lit- 
tle, am  taking  cortex  peruvianus ;  abt  as  much  as  will  lay  on  a  coppy 


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penny,  in  red  wine,  every  3  hours  ;  Mrs.  Woodward  sent  me  some  fresh 
butter  and  some  Rice  &  oat  meal :  had  another  fit,  but  more  light ;  Mr. 
Rogers  &  Deacon  Allen  here. 

Sept.  12.  Mrs.  Gibbs  and  Mrs.  Witham  came  to  see  me,  Mrs.  Gibbs 
gave  me  some  oranges  and  sent  me  up  a  bottle  of  Sach,  had  no  fit. 

Sept.  13.  Had  no  fit,  but  feel  much  better,  &  hope  I  am  mending, 
Mrs.  Tappan  here,  Woodward  and  wife  here;  I  slept  well,  Mr.  Brad- 
street  here  Mondaj'  &  Tuesday  last. 

Sept.  15.  Went  out  to  meeting,  Mr.  White  began  with  prayer,  I 
preached,  afternoon  I  prayed,  Mr.  White  preached,  I  concluded  with 
prayer,  pretty  feeble  and  much  tired. 

Sept.  23.  Went  to  the  Harbour,  dined  at  Capt.  Gibbs';  chh  meeting 
to  determine  the  time  for  the  First  advent,  adj.  to  next  Monday. 

Sept.  24.     Visited  at  the  Harbour,  dined  at  home. 

Sept.  25.  rode  to  the  Harbour,  at  Capt.  Corncy's,  at  Family  meet- 
ing at  Mr.  Woodward's. 

Sept.  26.    .Visited  at  Fresh  Water  Cove. 

Sept.  27.    Supd  at  Lieut.  Collin's  on  Stewd  Goose  and  Eoast  Ducks. 

Sept.  28.     Dined  at  Capt,  Gibbs'. 

Sept.  29.     I  preached,  had  gt  freedom  and  enlargement  of  heart. 

Oct.  1.        I  visited  at  the  Harbour,  went  to  see  the  House. 

Oct.  2.  Set  out  for  Andover,  went  by  By  field,  dined  at  Mr.  Parsons,' 
cloudy,  raw,  damp  weather,  got  to  Andover  at  6  o'clock. 

Oct.  3.     Family  all  well,  had  an  ague  &  fever  tit. 

Oct.  4.  I  carried  my  wife  behind  me  to  Haverhill,  Brother  David 
carried  the  child,  dined  at  Brother  Josiah's,  lodged  at  Haverhill. 

Oct.  5.  I  set  out,  not  well,  for  I  dont  know  where  ;  I  dined  at  Mr. 
Chandler's  with  Mr.  Phillips,  we  went  toByfield,  I  went  then  to  Eowley 
&  Mr.  Jewett  went  to  Cape  Ann  ;  had  another  fit  of  fever  &  ague,  no 
appetite,  at  family  Prayers  I  fainted  &  fell  down. 

Oct.  6.  I  was  feeble,  but  preached,  one  person  cried  out  very  much 
in  Distress;  I  had  another  fit  about  5  o'clock,  went  to  bed. 

Oct.  7.  set  out  east  for  York,  necessity  obliges  me  to  travel,  I  am  to 
meet  a  vessel  at  York  to  move  my  furniture. 

Oct.  24.  I  was  just  a  going  to  mount  my  horse  and  the  vessel  came 
in  for  my  household  goods,  Mr.  Pool  from  Cape  Ann  ;  he  is  to  have  £30 
O.  T.  paid  by  subscription.  I  tarried  &  saw  my  things  aboard  &  set 
out  on  my  journey. 

Oct.  25.     Preached  Haverhill,  lodged  there. 

Oct.  26.     Went  down  to  Cape  Aim. 


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Oct.  27.  Rainy;  Mr.  Fairweather  preached  for  me  in  the  afternoon, 
I  preached  forenoon. 

Oct.  28.  I  set  out  with  Mr.  Woodward  for  Boston,  he  bore  my  ex- 
penses, I  lodged  at  Mrs.  Hnger's. 

Oct.  29.  Bought  of  Mr.  Gushing  Coat  &  Breeches ;  fever  and  ague 
again. 

Oct.  30.  I  set  out  over  Winenet  Ferry  at  4  o'clock,  lodged  at  Pratt's 
at  Salem,  half  a  dollar. 

Oct.  31.  Had  a  gt  fit  of  Fever  &  ague  at  Mr.  Tappan's,  faint, 
tarried  5  hours,  got  home  at  daylight;  Nabby  White  married  (Abigail, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  White,  married  Isaac  Allen.) 

Nov.  1.     Rain  and  hail  ;  I  lay  still. 

Nov.  2.  Sat  out  with  Lieut.  Allen's  Horse  and  Mr.  Woodward's 
Chaise,  and  Thd.  Allen  to  drive,  &  Mr.  William  Stevens'  horse  &  chaise 
&  Mr.  Haskell's  printice  to  drive,  and  went  up  to  Haverhill  for  my 
Family,  Lodged  at  father  Peeker's,  my  wife  there  &  youngest  child; 
had  another  fit  on  the  Road.  * 

Nov.  3.  I  preached  at  Mr.  Chandler's,  he  for  me,  I  went  up  to  An- 
dover  in  the  evening,  helped  there. 

Nov.  4.  I  set  out  for  Haverhill,  dined  at  Brother  Josiah's,  got  to 
Ipswich  by  daylight;  Lodged  at  Coll  Eveleigh's,  and  some  at  Mr. 
Cogswell's  ;  another  fit. 

Nov.  5.  Got  to  Cape  Ann  at  2  o'clock;  dined  at  old  Mr.  Stevens'; 
got  to  Housekeeping. 

Nov.  6.     Had  another  light  fit;  cloudy,  overcast. 

Nov.  7.  Gen.  Thanksgiving,  very  rainy  day;  I  preached;  in  the 
evening  Mrs.  Haskell  sent  us  in  several  sorts  of  victuals,  dressed. 

Nov.  9.     My  cloathes  came  from  Boston  ;  very  stormy,  N.  E.  Rain. 

Nov.  10.  I  preached,  sacrament  afternoon,  showed  the  necessity  of 
washing  of  regeneration  in  order  to  enter  into  glory  ;  Mr  Jno  Stevens  and 
Hubbard  Haskell  &  wife  &  sister  visited  here. 

Nov.  11.     Rain}T ;  stormy  morn,  pleasant  afternoon. 

Nov.  12.  Pretty  pleasant ;  my  Father  came  to  Town  and  Bros  Josiah, 
David  and  Daniel ;  had  a  fit;  Brothers  Jas.  and  Jere.  Pecker. 

Nov.  13.  was  the  day  of  my  Instalment ;  Mr  Bradstreet  began  with 
Prayer,  Mr  Phillips  preached  from  Luke  xiv.  21,  first  clause,  Mr  White 
gave  the  Charge,  and  Mr  White  the  right  Hand  ;  we  supd  at  Deacon  Win 
Parsons';  it  was  a  thick  foggy  morn,  cleared  off  abt  noon,  very  warm  & 
pleasant  afternoon  &  evening. 
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18  HISTORY   OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Nov.  14.  Another  fit ;  my  friends  went  Home  ;  cloudy,  some  rain  ; 
Training  day  ;  Capt.  Jas.  Stevens'  new  company. 

Nov.  15.  I  dined  at  Capt.  Jno.  Stevens';  in  the  afternoon  went  up  to 
Mr  Whites  &  home,  Mr.  Woodward  here. 

Nov.  16.     Had  another  fever  fit,  very  ill. 

Nov.  17.  I  preached  ;  afternoon,  Mr.  White  preached  ;  Like  precious 
faith  ;  very  pleasant  weather ;  I  was  sent  for  &  prayed  with  Deacon  Par- 
sons' wife. 

Nov.  19.  Training  day.  I  prayed  with  the  company  and  dined  at 
Capt.  Ellery's  ;  very  warm  pleasant  weather  for  a  fortnight. 

Nov.  20.     Cloudy,  some  rain  ;  I  kept  house. 

Nov.  21 .  We  dined  at  Capt.  Gibbs'  &  snpd  at  Mr  Hubbard  Haskell's, 
cold,  raw  east  wind. 

Nov.  22.  Was  sent  for  to  Deacon  Parsons'  again,  prayed,  she  was 
thot  to  be  dying;  fever  and  ague  still  hanging  abt  me. 

Nov.  23.  Sent  a  Dollar  to  the  Baker's  for  Bread  we  have  had  ;  visited 
and  prayed  at  Deacon  Parsons'  in  the  morn. 

Nov.  24.  Deacon^  Parsons'  wife  died  abt  1  o'clock  this  morning ;  I 
preached,  very  cold,  very  high  wind  last  night. 

Nov.  25.  Very  cold,  bought  of  Mr.  Gibbs  7  yds  of  red  Bays  at  14d 
per  yard,  and  4  yds  red  quality  binding,  of  Mr  Woodward  5  cords  of 
wood,  of  Mr.  Haskell  4  cords  of  wood,  had  one  cord  and  a  half  be- 
fore. 

Nov.  26.     Visited.     Mrs  Shortwell  washed  here. 

Nov.  27.     pleasant  weather;  to  161b  Beef  at  19d. 

Nov.  28.  I  attended  the  Funerall  of  Deacon  Parsons'  wife  ;  much 
People  :  I  returned  and  prayed  at  the  house  of  mourning.  1  had  a  ring 
and  gloves.  Bought  a  Barrel  of  Cyder  £3  cask  and  all,  and  a  Terce  £6, 
Mr.  White  sent  me  a  Goose. 

Nov.  29.     Pretty  cold  ;  I  visited. 

Nov.  30.  Cloudy,  cold,  stormy  ;  John  Babson  sent  us  2  qts  of  Wine, 
a  little  white,  small  sugar;  Bought  6  lbs  Butter  at4d,  paid  24d. 

Dec.  1.  Very  stormy  last  night,  snow,  ground  covered,  Mr  White 
preached,  Gallio  cared  for  none  of  those  things,  funeral,  afternoon  I 
preached. 

Dec.  2.  Cloudy,  some  rain,  snow  yet  on  ground,  wrote  for  Jas 
Stevens  his  will. 

Dec.  3.  Fair,  wind,  S.  W,  sent  for  to  Deacon  Parsons',  prayed,  his 
son  Wm.  sick  of  a  fever. 


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Dec.  4.     Very  cold,  snow  on  ground,  I  went  to  Mr  White's. 

Dec.  5.     Snow.     We  visited  Jas.  Babson. 

Dec.  6.  Rainy,  I  bought  a  Cheese  of  Capt.  Sargeant  at  4d  per  pound , 
27  1-2  lbs. 

Dec.  7.  Mr  White  came  and  brought  me  a  Dollar  that  was  contribu- 
ted  and  directed  to  me  on  Thanksgiving  day,  one  also  to  Him. 

Dec.  8.  Very  cold,  I  preached,  Baptised  Jonathan,  son  of  Jonathan 
Row,  the  first  I  have  Baptised. 

Dec.  9.     Fr.  Pecker  came  to  see  us,  pretty  cold,  slippery. 

Dec.  10.  We  visited,  he  and  I  to  Mr  White's,  Wm.  Allen's,  drank 
Tea  at  Capt.  Gibbs'  and  supd  at  Wm.  Stevens. 

Dec.  11.  Fr.  Pecker  and  sister  Bettie  went  home,  rain  in  the 
morn. 

Dec.  12.  We  moved  into  the  widow  Allen's  House,  the  comte,  Mr 
Woodward,  cleared  till  the  9th  of  Aug.,  paid  me  22£  &  I  gave  him  a 
Note  for  £10  to  Mrs.  Tarbox. 

Dec.  13.  bought  2  bushels  malt  at  2s  per  bushel,  warm  pleasant 
weather. 

Dec.  14.  to  earthern  ware  14s.  8d,  I  visited  at  the  Cove,  prayed  at 
Mr.  Grover's. 

Dec.  15.     I  preached,  very  cold. 

Dec.  16.     Exceedingly  cold. 

Dec.  17.     Very  cold,  I  visited. 

Dec.  18.     Very  cold. 

Dec.  19.  Cold,  but  clear  and  pleasant,  I  went  to  Mr  White's  and  to 
the  Harbour. 

Dec.  20.  I  bought  of  Bnrnham  a  powdering  Tub,  35d,  bought  of  Saml 
Pottle  of  Ipswich,  a  Pork,  190  at  22d,  18£  3s,  paid  the  money,  paid  Mr 
White  half  a  J)ollaf,  rainy  day,  cut  up  and  salted  Pork. 

Dec.  21.  a  gt  thaw,  rain,  cleard  up  abt  noon,  very  windy,  cold, 
Banked  up  the  House  in  the  morn,  Capt.  Jona  Say  ward  came  here. 

Dec.  22.     I  preached,  Mr.  Rogers  sick,  no  meeting  there. 

Dec.  23.  I  attended  the  Funerall  of  Capt.  Saunders'  child,  very  cold 
snowy  weather. 

Dec.  24.  Very  stormy,  cold,  much  snow;  a  vessel  from  Halifax  cast 
away  on  the  back  side  of  the  Cape,  Gallop's  point,  belonged  to  Roxbury, 
abt  20  people  aboard,  some  women  and  children,  much  froze  some  of 
them,  but  all  got  safe  to  land. 

Dec.  25.     Very  cold,  some  snow,  in  the  evening  I  married  Jacob  El- 


20  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

well  and  Elizh.  Stevens,  at  Capt.  John  Babson's  received  a  Dollar  for  my 
Fee,  first  couple  I  have  married. 

Dec.  26.     Snowy,  cleared  up  before  night,  bound  a  Book  MSS. 

Dec.  27.  Very  cold,  I  dined  at  Capt.  Sargeant's  as  also  Mr  White 
and  wife,  Capt.  Elery  and  wife,  very  cold,  snow  pretty  deep,  good 
sledding. 

Dec.  28.     Cold,  cloudy. 

Dec.  29.  Before  sunrise  John  Wotten  call'd  at  the  door,  says  his 
child,  abt  12  years  old,  is  dying,  I  went  there,  found  the  child  ill  but  not 
dying,  I  prayed  there  and  came  home,  very  stormy,  rain,  thawy,  after 
meeting  visited  John  Wotton's  child  again  &  prayed  there,  then  went  to 
Benj.  Boynton's,  his  wife  sick,  prayed  there. 

Dec.  30.  Very  cold,  blustering,  snow,  wind  N  W,  made  a  pair  of 
Breeches  for  Jno. 

Dec.  31.  Exceedingly  cold,  afternoon  I  visited  at  Wm.  Stevens', 
paid  Mr.  Jas.  Stevens'  wife41d  for  tea,  sugar,  rum,  &c. 

The  following  account  is  given  of  his  settlement  in  Glocester  : 

Before  I  was  sent  for  Mr.  Sam  I  Moody  had  preached  there  several 
months,  first  as  an  assistant  to  his  Grandfather  White,  who  was  infirm 
and  unable  to  carry  on  the  work  of  the  ministry,  afterwards  as  a  proba- 
tioner for  settlement,  with  Mr.  Barnard,  Mr.  Bird,  and  Mr.  Derby, 
and  when  they  came  to  vote  only  Mr  Moody  and  Mr  Derby  were  set  up, 
one  vote  for  Derby,  the  Rest  for  Mr  Moody,  except  the  most  of  the  prin- 
cipal men  who  were  neuter  and  drew  up  a  protest  and  sent  to  Mr  Moody 
by  the  comtee  that  presented  him  with  a  copy  of  the  votes.  The  comtee 
that  came  to  York  to  treat  with  him  were  Deacon  Jno  Parsons  and  Capt. 
Jacob  Parsons  ;  the  comtee  came  to  me  Feb.  9,  1751,  and  told  me  that 
according  to  the  instructions  they  had  from  the  Parish  they  came  to  de- 
sire me  to  preach  with  them  three  or  four  Sabbaths,  till  Mr  Moody's  en- 
gagements were  up.  I  told  them  I  was  engaged  in  the  while  &  could  not 
leave  it  till  about  a  Fortnight,  when  I  had  proposed  to  visit  my  Friends 
at  Andover,  and  would  make  it  in  my  way  to  supply  them  2  or  3  Sab- 
baths ;  before  they  went  out  of  town  Mr  Moody  gave  a  negative  answer. 
Feb.  I lth  they  repeated  their  request  to  me  and  were  earnest;  I  re- 
newed my  engagement  to  be  with  them  the  last  Sabbath  in  this  month, 
and  remain  2  or  3  Sabbaths. 

Feb.  23.    I  arrived  at  Glocester  to  preach  the  24th,  being  Sabbath  day. 

Feb.  28.     was  chh  meeting,  to  receive  Mr  Moody's  answer. 

March  1.     The  comtee  now  chosen  came  to  me. 


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April  24.  After  the  Lect  the  chh  stopped  and  consulted  abt  a  chh 
meeting  &  appointed  a  day. 

May  8.  Wednesday  was  chh  meeting,  some  were  for  delaying,  and 
after  consultation  they  voted  to  proceed  to  a  settlement  and  to  come  to  a 
vote  of  choice  at  the  next  meeting  on  adjournment. 

May  21.  Voted  by  writing,  there  were,  they  tell  me,  26  votes  forme 
and  7  blanks,  the  comtee  came  to  me  in  the  evening,  brought  me  a  copy 
of  the  votes,  and  desired  me,  that,  as  my  time  of  engagement  was  near 
out,  I  would  tarry  a  few  Sabbaths  till  they  could  have  a  Parish  meeting. 

June  24.     was  Parish  meeting. 

June  25.  The  Parish  comtee  came  to  me  and  informed  me  the  parish 
concurred  with  the  chh  in  their  choice. 

July  1.  The  comtee  met  to  draw  up  something  of  sallary  &  settle- 
ment to  present  to  the  Parish  for  acceptance. 

July  8.  They  met  again  at  Deacon  Win.  Parson's,  &  sent  a  chaise 
for  me,  they  present  me  with  some  written  proposals,  which  were  to  build 
a  convenient  House  and  barn  and  privilege  a  garden  as  parsonage  in  a 
convenient  place,  and  give  me  £80  a  year,  one-half  money,  the  other 
half  in  specie  at  certain  prices  which  they  set. 

August  1.  Parish  meeting,  when  they  voted  the  sallary,  different 
from  the  comtee  draught,  to  build  a  house  &  barn  &  find  a  garden,  &c, 
&c,  and  £80  Lawful  money  &  the  use  of  the  Parsonage  land  and  to 
fence  it  &  to  pay  the  sallary  quarterly  ;  adjourned  to  Aug.  15th  for  my 
answer. 

Aug.  15.  The  comtee  met  to  inform  me  what  was  done  at  the  last 
meeting  &  gave  me  a  copy  of  the  votes,  and  Elder  Parsons  gave  me  a 
copy  of  worth  of  the  chh  requiring  the  person  elected  to  assent  to  the 
Platform,  &c. 

Sept.  2.  Soil  Parsons  visited  me  in  the  evening  and  represented  some 
disarrangements,  as  though  a  great  number  were  disaffected,  and  some 
that  were  very  forward  at  first  were  grown  cool,  and  I  did  not  preach  as 
well  as  I  used  to  &c. 

Sept.  3.  was  parish  meeting,  I  went  before  to  Deacon  Parsons'  to 
meet  the  comtee,  informed  them  of  what  Mr  Parsons'  had  said,  they 
seemd  surprised  and  all  with  one  accord  s'd  that  they  were  otherwise 
minded  &  that  there  seemd  to  unity  &  Harmony,  except  4  or  5  that  op- 
pos'd,  they  could  not  tell  for  what  reason,  they  none  of  them  objected 
anything  against  my  person  or  preaching,  but  were  for  postponing  the 
settlement.  I  then  gave  my  Answer  to  the  comtee  and  they  went  to  meet- 


22  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

ing.  They  excepted  against  the  condition  of  my  acceptance  of  their  offer 
as  being  too  unlimited  &  sent  a  comtee  to  me,  Jno.  Stevens,  Deacon  Par- 
sons &  Sain  Stevens  to  annul  it.  I  explained  and  sent  it  again  as  it  was, 
they  adjourned  and  sent  to  me  by  the  standing  9  men  comtee  to  desire 
a  plain  categorich  Answ. 

Sept.  10.  I  attended  and  sent  in  my  Answer,  it  was  accepted  without 
great  arguing. 

Sept.  23.  Chh  meeting  to  determine  the  time  of  the  Instalment.  It 
was  insisted  on  that  I  sh  engage  to  preach  6  Lects  in  a  year  &  not  insist 
on  a  Colleague  after  Mr.  White's  Death,  and  assent  to  the  vote  of  the 
chh  respecting  the  Platform.  Voted  to  proceed  to  Instalment  but  did 
not  appoint  the  day  ;  adjourned. 

Sept.  30.  Chh  meeting  by  adjournment ;  Nymphas  Stacy  was  sent  to 
me  with  a  message  the  chh  desired  to  speak  with  me  &  that  I  would 
come  to  the  meeting  house ;  I  sent  a  message  back  that  it  was  improper 
for  me  to  come  to  the  chh  meeting  ;  if  they  would  send  a  comtee  I  would 
meet  them  at  Deacon  Parson's,  or  if  they  saw  fit  to  adjourn  the  meeting 
for  half  an  hour  I  would  come  to  the  meeting  house  ;  abt  half  an  hour 
they  sent  a  comtee  Danl.  Witham,  Esq.,  James  Parsons  &  Sollomon  Par- 
sons ;  the  2  latter  were  the  persons  that  wanted  satisfaction  &  who  have 
always  opposed ;  the  rest  in  general  were  well  satisfied.  The  comtee 
brought  a  memorandum  of  Questions  for  my  Answers  to  them. 

1st.     Whether  I  would  engage  to  preach  6  Lectures  in  a  year. 

2d.  Whether  I  expected  a  Colleague  after  Mr.  White's  death  or  any 
enlargement  of  Sallary. 

3.  Whether  I  adhered  to  the  Platform,  first — I  said  that  it  was  out  of 
season  to  come  Avith  them  queries  and  appeared  to  me  to  be  trifling  with 
me  ;  then  I  asked  if  they  thought  my  preaching  Lectures  would  be  for 
the  interest  of  Religion  and  conducive  to  the  benefit  of  souls  ;  James  Par- 
sons said  he  was  oldest  &  he  would  answer  first ;  he  tho't  it  would  ;  then 
I  replied  I  have  given  you  an  answer  to  the  first  Questions  in  my  An- 
swer to  your  call,  which  I  repeated  and  enlarged  upon;  and  further  I 
added  their  insisting  on  those  things  bore  very  hard  on  me  and  was  a 
very  great  reflection  ;  and  seemed  to  look  with  this  face  as  though  I  were 
of  a  mercenary  spirit  and  was  only  seeking  a  support ;  whereas  by  word 
and  practice,  I  had  declared  otherwise  ;  the  difficulties  I  had  formerly 
met  with  in  the  work  of  the  ministry,  and  the  prospect  of  a  Better  sup- 
port in  some  other  calling,  would  have  made  me  decline,  but  I  delighted 
in  the  work  and  was  set  for  the  defence  of  the  Gospel,  and  aimed  at  the 


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good  of  souls  &  the  Interest  of  religion  as  I  have  declared  in  my  An- 
swer ;  I  followed  the  footsteps  of  Divine  Providence  ;  I  had  but  little  in- 
clination to  the  Place  at  first;  I  sought  not  them  but  theirs,  &c,  &c. 

Then  I  told  them  I  did  not  mention  these  things  as  tho'  I  was  Back- 
ward to  answer  directly  to  the  Questions  ;  I  was  ready  at  first  to  have 
answd  the  3  Questions  in  3  words. 

Then  I  replied  :  1st.  You  ask  whether  I  will  engage  to  preach  6  Lects 
in  a  year?'    Answs.  Yes,  more  if  Desired. 

2d.  Whether  I  expect  a  colleague  after  Mr.  White's  Death  or  more 
sallary  after  his  Death  on  account  of  it?     Answer.  No. 

3d.  Whether  I  adhere  to  the  Platform?  Answer.  Yes,  for  the  sub- 
stance, so  far  as  agreeable  to  the  Scriptures.  They  desire  I  would  ex- 
plain what  I  meant  by  agreeable  to  Scriptures  ;  I  sd  so  far  as  supported 
by  Scriptures.  They  desired  I  would  Instance  in  any  point  wherein  not 
agreeable  to  it.  I  sd  with  respect  to  re-ordination,  and  a  dismissed  min- 
ister not  being  a  minister  of  Christ ;  Hoped  they  did  not  wish  for  another 
instance.  I  sd  I  have  not  engaged  to  preach  on  Sabbath  days,  to  admin- 
ister the  sacraments,  visit  the  sick,  or  catechise  the  children,  and  why 
don't  you  insist  upon  a  particular  engagement  to  them  as  well  as  Lectures  ? 
I  sd  I  look  upon  myself  bound  to  all  them  &  all  parts  of  the  ministerial 
office  by  the  solemn  charge,  &c.  When  they  were  going  away  they  de- 
sired I  would  write  an  answer  to  send  in.  I  replied  the  chh  had  not 
wrote  to  me  ;  when  they  wrote  to  me  I  should  write  to  them  ;  but  when 
they  sent  messages  by  word  of  mouth  I  should  send  the  Like  to  them ; 
they  sd  they  had  wrote  to  me ;  I  sd  no,  twas  only  a  memoranda  for  the 
comtee.  They  went  away  seemingly  well  satisfied  and  I  have  heard  no 
more  dissatisfaction  or  opposition. 

The  day  of  Installment  was  Nov.  13,  1751 ;  Deacon  Wm.  Parsons 
entertained  the  Councill  at  his  own  Charge.  Mr.  Wm.  Stevens  the 
Schollars  and  Gentlemen  at  his  own  charge ;  Mr  John  Stevens  enter- 
tained the  councill  in  the  morning  with  Plumb  Cake. 

January  1,  1752.  After  dinner  I  visited  John  Wotten's  child  and 
prayed  there  ;  then  went  toTarbox's,  had  some  conversation  on  the  state 
of  infants  and  the  late  revival  of  religion  ;  at  7  o'clock  went  to  the  family 
meeting  at  Dr.  Witham's  ;  he  was  at  prayer ;  I  read  Dr.  Doddridge's 
"Directions  how  to  Begin,  Spend  and  Close  the  Day."  One  Mr.  Chaplain 
of  Ipswich  providentially  here  by  deacon  Warner's  request ;  concluded 
with  prayer  and  home  at  nine. 

Jan.  3.     A  very  stormy  day  ;  snow  ;  wind  N  E.  ;  in  the  morning  sent 


24  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

for  to  pray  with  Saml  Lane's  child,  sick  ;  Dr.  Witham  came  in  to  see  our 
daughter  Anna,  not  well ;  in  the  evening  visited  and  prayed  again  at 
Sain'l  Lane's. 

Jan.  4.  Was  sent  for  to  Benj.  Boynton's  ;  his  wife  they  thought  was 
dying  ;  I  prayed  there  and  came  home  ;  very  stormy. 

Jan.  5.  Exceedingly  cold  ;  preached  very  short ;  but  few  people  ;  after 
meeting  was  sent  for  to  James  Stevens' ;  he  in  great  pain  with  the  gout ; 
fears  'tis  struck  to  his  stomach  ;  in  pain  of  mind  ;  after  praying  with  him 
went  to  see  Mrs.  Boynton  ;  she  speaks  like  a  gracious  suul ;  prayed ; 
then  visited  Saml  Lane's  child. 

Jan.  6.  After  dinner  at  Dr.  Witham's  ;  prayed  again  at  Mr.  Stevens' 
and  Mr.  Boynton's. 

Jan.  11.  I  studied  ;  went  from  the  barber's  to  Jas.  Stevens';  went 
home  and  salted  down  beef;  we  have  now  a  barrel  of  pork  and  a  half 
barrel  of  beef. 

Jan.  12.     A  bitter  cold  day ;  I  preached  from  2  Thess.  ii.  13. 

Jan.  18.  The  harbor  is  frozen  from  Ten  Pound  Island  over  to  the  point 
where  the  watch  house  stands.  It  has  been  very  severe  and  freezing 
weather  for  about  a  month. 

Jan.  19.  Very  cold  ;  wind  at  North  ;  I  prayed  in  forenoon  ;  Mr.  White 
preached  ;  afternoon  he  prayed  and  I  preached  ;  Belief  of  the  Truth.  In 
the  evening  was  sent  for  and  prayed  with  Wotton's  child. 

Jan.  22.  Exceedingly  cold;  I  visited;  Cleveland,  of  Chebacco, 
preached  at  Hubbard  Haskell's ;  they  did  not  consult  me,  but  gave  me 
notice  about  an  hour  before  ;  Mr.  White  had  given  consent. 

Feb.  2.  Mr.  White  preached  from  Ps.  lxxxiii.  19,  doctrine,  that  a 
time  of  sickness  is  a  poor  time  to  prepare  for  death. 

Feb.  4.  Very  cold  ;  afternoon  I  attended  the  meeting  for  prayer  at 
deacon  Parsons' ;  but  few  present ;  I  was  late ;  Hubbard  Haskell  was 
praying;  after  him  elder  Grover ;  then  Mr.  Cleveland  ;  I  concluded. 

Feb.  6.  I  preached  at  Fresh  Water  Cove  at  Josiah  Grover's  ;  pretty 
full  meeting. 

Feb.  11.  My  wife  and  I  dined  at  Capt.  Gibbs' ;  the  small  pox  in  Bos- 
ton ;  a  number  of  the  fishermen  convicted  of  taking  away  sheep  from 
Isle  Sable. 

Feb.  12.  In  the  evening  I  attended  the  private  meeting  Mr.  White's  ; 
deacon  Wm  Parsons  began  with  prayer;  I  concluded. 

Feb.  18.  I  visited  Mrs.  Stevens,  very  low  ;  she  says  she  has  had 
a  hope  that  she  could  venture  out  of  the  world  upon,  but  'tis  not  so 


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with  her  now  ;  she  confessed  herself  pretty  full  of  the  insufficiency  of 
self. 

Feb  19.  Visited  and  prayed  with  Mrs.  Stevens,  growing  worse  ;  she 
says  she  has  bundled  up  all  her  sins  and  carried  them  to  the  cross  of 
Christ. 

Feb.  24.  I  visited;  met  with  nothing  remarkable;  Mrs.  Stevens 
seems  to  be  recovering. 

Feb.  29.  I  was  sent  for  to  visit  Andrew  Elwell  over  the  water;  he 
is  very  weak  ;  lamented  his  past  neglegence  ;  is  under  some  concern. 

March  2.  In  the  morning  Capt.  Sargent  called  at  the  door  and  in- 
formed me  that  he  had  put  a  venture  on  board  for  me — 2  quintals  offish  ; 
the  freight  I  was  welcome  to  ;  he  should  charge  the  fish  to  me  if  it  was 
agreeable,  and  so  I  must  take  my  chance.  I  told  him,  Sir,  I  am  very 
much  obliged  to  you.  He  said  he  told  the  captain  to  bring  it  in  Sherry 
Brandy. 

March  5.  I  preached  at  Andrew  Elwell's  the  younger,  at  the  great 
house  of  Capt.  Robinson,  over  the  water  ;  as  I  came  home  I  went  in  to  see 
Capt.  Prince,  sick  of  the  gout. 

March  6.  In  the  morning  deacon  Stacy  came  in  and  informed  me  that 
Mr.  White  was  very  ill  and  sent  me  word  I  must  not  expect  his  help  on 
the  Sabbath;  I  went  to  see  him;  he  is  sick  of  a  fever ;  he  was  out  on 
Monday  to  see  Mr.  Allen's  sick  child  ;  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  thought 
he  had  a  cold  ;  last  night,  about  one  o'clock,  w^as  taken  with  a  shivering 
and  is  much  altered  in  his  countenance.  I  asked  him  if  he  had  near  views 
of  eternity  ;  he  said,  I  have.  I  asked  him  if  the  passage  seemed  gloomy  ; 
he  said  for  two  or  three  days  past  he  had  been  in  almost  gross  darkness  ; 
he  had  been  humbly  and  earnestly  seeking  for  the  quickening  and  sanc- 
tifying spirit,  but  could  not  say  he  had  been  answered.  *I  prayed  with 
him.  In  the  afternoon  attended  the  funeral  of  N.  Allen's  child,  he  gave 
me  a  ring  and  me  and  my  wife  gloves  ;  visited  Mr.  White  again  ;  he  is  a 
little  recovered. 

March  7.  Went  up  to  see  Mr.  White  ;  he  is  better ;  I  prayed  with  him 
again. 

March  8.  In  the  morning  sent  to  Wm.  Stevens' their  negro  child, 
about  sixteen  months  old  in  a  convulsion.     I  preached  all  day. 

March  9.  Visited  Mr.  White  and  prayed;  in  the  evening  Deacon 
Warner,  prayed. 

March  10.  In  the  morning  visited  Capt.  Grover,  who  h;is  been  out 
almost  all  winter  upon  the  coast,  designed  for  Virginia,  but  blown  off 


26  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

into  the  Gulf  Stream,  and  got  in  a  few  clays  ago,  disappointed  of  the 
voyage  ;  visited  and  prayed  with  Daniel  Brown,  sick  ;  visited  Mr.  White 
and  prayed  there  ;  then  went  to  see  Capt.  Prince  and  wife,  both  sick, 
prayed  there. 

March  11.  I  wrote  a  will  for  Mr.  Stevens,  for  which  he  gave  me  a 
cane  to  the  value  of  £5  ;  visited  and  prayed  with  Mr.  White. 

March  12.  At  Capt.  Sargents' ;  paid  him  £14  14s.  for  "a  chase  and 
2  quintals  of  fish  at  £4  4s.  ;  rectified  his  clock. 

March  18.     Very  stormy.     I  visited  old  Mr.  Stevens;  he  is  sick. 

March  20.  Cold,  snowy  weather;  visited  and  prayed  with  Mr.  Ste- 
vens, dangerously  sick. 

March  22.  Sent  for  in  the  morning  to  Mr.  Samuel  Stevens;  they 
thought  he  was  dying. 

March  24.  fair  and  warm;  bought  of  Mr.  Smith  8  lbs.  lacking  a  qr 
of  hogs  fat  at  4d ;  a  peck  of  onions,  4d  paid  ;  was  pretty  dull ;  in  the 
evening  visited  James  Parsons'  wife,  sick  of  a  fever ;  married  James 
Bishop  and  Deborah  Sawyer. 

March  26.  General  Fast ;  I  carried  on  the  whole  work ;  Mr.  White 
is  growing  better,  but  not  got  about  yet ;  I  preached  ;  pretty  much  not 
well. 

March  27.  Rainy;  I  visited  Mr.  Stevens  and  prayed;  Capt.  Prince, 
Benj.  Gray's  wife  and  prayed  ;  went  home  and  studied  in  the  evening; 
Zebr.  Lane  and  wife  spent  the  evening  here. 

March  28.  About  daybreak  was  sent  for  to  Nathl.  Allen's  ;  his  infant 
child  taken  with  fits  ;  prayed  there  ;  visited  and  prayed  with  Mr.  Stevens 
twice  ;  Haskell  sailed  ;  Wm.  Chandler  came  here  ;  brought  the  news  of 
brother  Daniel's  death,  who  died  yesterday. 

March  30.  *  About  sunrise  I  set  out  with  Wm.  Chandler  for  Andover  ; 
got  to  father's  a  little  after  12  o'clock  ;  attended  the  funeral  of  my  brother 
Daniel  ;  all  the  brothers  present  but  Benj. 

April  1.      1  set  out  from  Andover  and  got  home  about  8  o'clock. 

April  2.  Visited  the  sick  ;  Mr.  Dolliver  died  last  night ;  visited  and 
prayed  at  Mr.  Crosse's  ;  he  is  sick  and  in  concern  for  his  soul ;  visited 
and  prayed  with  Mrs.  Giddings'  child ;  visited  and  prayed  with  old  Mr. 
Stevens. 

April  4.  Visited  the  sick  at  Capt.  Wheeler's;  attended  the  funeral 
of  widow  Giddings'  child  ;  captain  of  an  English  ship  sent  us  some  Eng- 
lish potatoes,  walnuts  and  peas. 

April  12.     My  wife  not  well;  I  went  to  meeting  without  breakfast; 


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preached  and  administered  sacrament ;  Mr.  White  preached  in  the  after- 
noon from  Ezek.  xxxvii.  14. 

April  13.  Visited  the  sick  ;  many  ;  was  present  at  the  death  of  Mary, 
daughter  of  James  Sawyer. 

April  14.  Visited  at  Mr.  Collins';  he-is  ill ;  prayed  there  ;  atSaml. 
Ehvell's  ;  prayed  there  ;  two  more  sick  children  at  different  places  ;  dined 
at  Capt.  Sargent's  ;  Capt.  Osborne  there  ;  visited  at  old  Mr.  Stevens' ; 
prayed  there  ;  at  Jas.  Stevens' ;  at  Mrs.  Matchett's  ;  at  Capt  Prince's  ; 
a  sick  child  at  John  Stevens';  at  Deacon  Parsons'  and  home. 

April  15.  I  attended  Mr.  Rogers'  Lect ;  Mr.  Parsons  of  By  field 
preached  ;  attended  the  family  meeting  at  Deacon  Stacy's  ;  I  made  first 
prayer. 

April  17.  We  were  alarmed  in  town  by  the  small  pox ;  David  Wal- 
lis  thought  to  have  it,  but  not. 

April  18.  It  has  been  very  cold  this  week  ;  the  ice  has  been  near 
two  inches  think  in  a  hogshead  of  water  behind  Deacon  Parsons'  house. 

April  27.  We  visited  up  in  town  and  at  the  harbour;  I  attended  the 
funeral  of  Elder  Parsons'  wife  ;  Mr.  White  prayed. 

April  30.  Planted  potatoes,  corn  and  beans;  Mr.  White  married 
John  Low  and  Sally  Gee ;  I  and  my  wife  at  wedding. 

May  6.     I  visited  a  child  of  Capt.  Grover's  under  conviction. 

May  13.  Jera  Peeker  and  Mrs.  Cogswell  came  to  see  us;  tarried 
over  night ;  went  to  see  the  wax  work  with  them. 

May  16.  Attended  the  funeral  of  widow  Row  and  after,  the  funeral 
of  Capt.  Elias  El  well. 

May  18.  I  catechised  the  children  at  the  school  house  in  the  harbour, 
and  visited  some  sick. 

May  20.  Attended  the  funeral  of  Thos.  Bradford  and  his  mother-in- 
law — Denning,  who  both  died  in  the  same  room,  the  same  day,  and 
buried  in  a  day. 

May  25.  The  Committee  came  to  see  me  to  ask  what  sum  I  would 
take  to  build  for  myself. 

May  30.  Sent  for  to  Thos.  Day  ;  found  him  dying  ;  sent  for  to  Mrs. 
Lee,  found  her  nigh  unto  death. 

June  6.  Very  fine  weather ;  I  bought  a  Jersey  girl  for  5  3rears ; 
gave  £50  for  her. 

June  7.  Mr.  Smith  of  Marlborough  preached  here;  Mr.  Smith  and 
wife  supped  here  ;  I  was  sent  for  to  Tom  Somes'  wife,  sick ;  married 
Nathl  Tarr  &  Eliza  Fear. 


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June  9.  Attended  the  raising  of  Mr.  Rogers'  meeting  house ;  we 
dined  :vt  Capt.  Ellery's. 

June  14.  I  preached  forenoon  ;  Mr.  Rogers,  afternoon  ;  his  people 
attend  here  ;  they  are  building  a  new  meeting  house. 

June  18.     Parish  meeting  to  see  about  building  a  house. 

June  22.  Parish  meeting  on  adjournment ;  last  Thursday  they  voted 
to  build  a  parsonage  house,  chose  a  committee  to  transact,  and  voted 
£200  ;  Deacon  Parsons,  William  Stevens,  and  Samuel  Stevens  ;  this 
day  they  reconsidered  the  vote. 

June  23.  This  evening  Pat  Severy  was  killed  by  a  chair ;  there  were 
four  of  them  got  into  a  chair,  after  9  o'clock  at  night,  rode  about  and 
over  the  cut;  the  chair  overset,  killed  her  and  broke  another's  collar 
bone ;  she  got  up  and  spoke,  but  soon  sat  down  and  died. 

June  26.  I  attended  the  funeral ;  received  the  return  of  my  venture, 
2  qts.  of  fish  £9,  a  looking-glass  which  cost  in  Lisbon  half  a  moidure 
and  6  gallons  of  wine  at  about  36  shillings. 

July  2.  This  day  by  appointment  of  the  Government,  was  observed 
as  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer  on  account  of  the  small-pox  and  fever 
prevalent ;  and  in  contribution  to  the  poor  of  Boston  ;  Mr.  White 
preached  in  the  forenoon,  Hosea  v.  15  ;  I  preached  P.  M.,  Ps.  cxix.  155. 

July  7.  Parish  meeting;  voted  me  £150  to  build  a  house,  as  a  set- 
tlement, in  lieu  of  their  building  for  me. 

July  12.     I  exchanged  with  Mr.  Jacques  ;  went  over  the  ferry. 

July  27.  In  quest  of  a  houselot,  and  continued  the  pursuit  with  Capt. 
Prince  and  John  Babson. 

July  30.  Bought  of  Capt.  Prince,  26  feet  wide,  70  feet  back,  for 
£13.68,  or  £100  old  tener ;  had  the  deed  signed. 

Aug.  1.  Signed  the  deed  and  receive  of  John  Babson  for  his  house 
lot — paid  him  £54,  the  day  before  yesterday.  Doctor  Plummer's  wife 
died.  [The  land  here  mentioned,  as  purchased  by  Mr?  Chandler,  was 
situated  on  the  south  side  of  Middle  street,  about  half-way  between  Cen- 
tre and  Short  streets.  He  erected  on  it  the  gambrel-roof  house  still 
standing  there.] 

Aug.  4.  I  bought  1000  boards  at  £15  ;  attended  the  fast  at  Deacon 
Parsons' ;  Mr.  Moody,  of  York,  present. 

Aug.  6.  Rode  up  to  Bennet's  mill  for  studs;  to  Mr.  White's  pas- 
ture for  rocks  ;   (viewing)  and  over  to  Mr.  Jacques. 

Aug.  12.  My  father  died  in  the  morning;  I  had  news  of  it  in  the 
evenin":. 


Aug. 

13. 

Aug. 

14. 

ward. 

Sept, 

.    1. 

sick. 

Sept 

.  19. 

gent. 

Oct. 

2. 

Oct. 

6. 

Oct. 

8. 

Oct. 

11. 

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Set  out  for  Andover  ;  got  there  about  5  o'clock  ;  funeral, 
we  brethren  were  all  together;  it  rained  ;  I  set  out  home- 
Went  with  my  Family  to  sea  with  Mr.  Babson ;  all 
Began  to  frame  ;  married  David  Warner  and  Abigail  Sar- 

Very  Avindy  ;  cold  ;  a  vessel  cast  away  ;  three  men  lost. 
Jno.  Babson's  wife  died  in  the  evening  about  10  o'clock. 
Very  stormy;  Mr.  White  not  at  meeting. 
Some  rain ;  five  vessels  cast  awajr,  10  persons  lost,  in  the 
storm,  last  Sabbath. 

Oct.  12.  My  house  was  raised;  fair,  pleasant  weather;  about  60  or 
70  people  treated  with  toddy  and  flip  and  white  bread  and  cheese  in  the 
frame. 

Oct.  17.     Mr.  Chandler  and  wife  came  to  see  us. 

Oct.  18.  We  rode  round  the  Cape ;  saw  some  of  the  wrecks  lately 
cast  away. 

Oct.  24.  1  married  Robert  Walker  and  Elizabeth  Elwell,  widow ; 
visited  some  sick. 

Oct.  26.     I  was  at  wedding  of  Ebenezer  Tarbox. 

Oct.  28.  Windy;  was  sent  for  to  Joseph  Corney's  wife;  dis- 
tracted. 

Nov.  1.  Mr.  Rogers,  of  Kittery,  preached  a  Lect.  for  me,  appointed 
for  his  sake.     But  we  hope  better  things  of  you. 

Nov.  4.  Bought  of  Deacon  Parsons  8  bushels  of  corn  ;  visited  Mrs. 
Cook,  in  a  consumption,  and  prayed. 

Nov.  5.  In  the  evening  visited  widow  Elwell,  at  Robert  Elwell's ; 
complains  of  a  hard  heart ;  prayed  there. 

Nov.  11.  I  Visited  over  the  cut  at  Jno.  Sargcnts',  Capt.  Honnors' 
&c.  ;  bought  at  Mr.  Honnors'  37  1-2  lbs.  butter;  went  in  the  morn  to 
Zeb.  Day's  after  Eliza,  run  away  yesterday. 

Nov.  12.  At  the  house  ;  Training  Day  ;  I  was  sent  for  to  pray  with 
the  company ;  went  to  Capt.  Ellery's  afterwards  till  sunset ;  then  went 
to  Mr.  White's,  a  meeting  of  the  elders  to  prepare  matter  for  a  public 
hearing  of  the  chh  ;  about  8  o'clock  set  out  for  the  Cape  ;  married  Ste- 
ven Butler  and  widow  Eliza  Gott ;  got  home  at  10  1-2. 

Nov.  23.  I  went  to  the  Cape,  in  the  evening  married  Jonathan  An- 
drews and  widow  Anna  Tarr. 


30  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER. 

Nov.  24.  I  was  at  Capt.  Jacob  Parsons'  to  supper ;  he  brought  his 
wife  home  ;  very  cold.  (Capt.  Jacob  Parsons  and  Sarah  Rust,  of  Ips- 
wich, widow,  intend  marriage  Oct.  31,  1752>) 

Nov.  25.  I  went  out  on  a  journey ;  lodged  at  Mr.  Parsons'  at  By- 
field. 

Nov.  26.  I  preached  at  Byfield.  In  the  evening  Mr.  Jewet  and 
Mr.  Chandler,  who  changed  to-day,  met  here  ;  we  all  supped  together ; 
I  lodged  there. 

Dec.  3.  Preached  ;  in  the  evening  married  Jacob  Davis  and  Abigail 
Williams. 

Dec.  5.     Snow  last  night ;  I  made  sashes  for  the  cellar  windows. 

Dec.  10.     I  preached  ;  very  cold  ;  some  wrecks  came  ashore. 

Dec.  13.     Set  a  lime-kiln  ;  very  warm  and  pleasant. 

Dec.  15.     Burnt  the  lime-kiln. 

Dec.  16.     Very  cold  ;  got  the  lime  into  the  cellar. 

Dec.  18.     I  visited  and  prayed  with  Sam'l  Lane's  wife,  sick. 

Dec.  22.  Exceedingly  cold;  nobody  of  late  at  work  at  the  house; 
Capt.  Haskell  sailed. 

Dec.  23.  More  moderate ;  I  made  a  fire  first  in  the  house,  and  set 
some  glass  ;  put  on  a  lock  and  shut  up  the  house. 

Dec.  25.  I  set  80  squares  of  Glass,  besides  other  employments,  by 
daylight. 

Dec.  27.  In  the  evening;  went  to  Kettle  Cove  and  married  Geonre 
Bishop  and  Deborah  Had  lock. 

Dec.  28.     Made  some  window  shutters. 

Jan.  2.  1753.     Made  2  window  frames  for  the  garret. 

Jan.  5.     At  N.  Ellery's  in  the  evening;  bought  their  4  gals,  of  rum. 

Jan.  8.  Married  Josiah  Cook  and  Hannah  Emmons;  my  wife  and  I 
dined  at  Cook's  before  the  wedding,  and  supped  after  at  Capt.  Jno. 
Stevens'.  ' 

Jan.  11.  Went  to  the  Cove  ;  married  Benj.  Herring  and  Experience 
Annis.  [godly  sorrow  swelled  his  heart  and  tears  gushed  into  his  eyes.] 
When  an  awakened  conscience  comes  to  estimate  the  nature  of  its  Guilt 
there  will  be  found  but  poor  shelter  in  all  these  palliatives  that  can  be 
form'd  by  human  subtlety  or  licentious  wit.  St.  Peter  was  not  more 
different  from  himself,  when  trembling  at  the  voice  of  a  silly  damsel 
than  the  same  St.  Peter  after  was  the  glorious  and  invincible  apostle  be- 
fore the  council,  in  prison,  and  upon  the  cross,  was  from  the  cowardly 
and  infamous  renegade  in  the  high  priest's  palace. 


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J:m.  in.  I  enclosed  my  study  with  rough  boards  ;  very  warm,  snow 
almost  gone. 

Jan.  16.     Married  Daniel  Tarr  and  Mary  Ingersoll. 

Jan.  19.  I  made  some  clapboards  in  kitchen  and  t'other  room  ;  spent 
the  evening  at  Capt.  Ellery's. 

Jan.  26.  Cloudy,  foggy  ;  Mr.  White,  Mr.  Moody,  and  Dr.  Plummer 
spent  the  evening  here.  [Mr.  Moody  was  the  eminent  teacher  of  Duin- 
mer  Academy  for  thirty  years.     He  was  a  grandson  of  Mr.  White.] 

Jan  28.  Mr.  S.  Moody  preached  for  me,  forenoon  ;  I  preached,  af- 
ternoon. 

Jan.  29.  I  dined  at  Tim.  Rogers  ;  after  dinner  went  to  Sqnam  with 
Mr.  Moody,  Mr.  Rogers  and  Dr.  Plummer  ;  supped  at  Mr.  Bradstreet's  ; 
girl  ran  away  again. 

Feb.  2.  Went  to  the  cape  ;  carried  my  wife  ;  dined  at  Mr.  Baker's  ; 
preached  at  John  Pool's. 

Feb.  7.  We  plastered  the  chamber  over  the  kitchen  and  the  little 
room  below,  and  the  kitchen  overhead  with  West  India  Lime. 

Feb.  9.  I  laid  3  harths  ;  blew  up  very  cold  ;  in  the  evening  visited 
Elisha  Brown,  sick  of  the  palsy. 

Feb.  14.  Dined  at  deacon  Parsons';  he  brought  his  new  wife  to 
town. 

Feb.  16.  Very  great  storm,  rain  ;  much  damage  done  to  vessels  in 
the  harbour;  one  vessel  lost  at  Sqnam,  one  boy  drowned;  the  highest 
tide  that  has  been  known  for  many  years. 

March  8.  Warm  ;  constant  malice  and  ingratitude  will  tire  the  larg- 
est charity  and  cool  the  most  generous  resolutions. 

March  15.  Lect ;  Mr.  Rogers  preached  for  us;  in  the  evening  mar- 
ried Samuel  Hodgkins  and  Abigail  Say  ward. 

March  20.     We  moved  to  our  new  house. 

March  22.  Iwas  at  home  ;  rainy  and  stormy  ;  in  the  evening  I  mar- 
ried William  Somes  and  Elizabeth  Davis. 

March  27.  I  went  up  to  Boston  by  water  with  Capt.  Byles ;  went 
out  at  9  o'clock,  got  up  a  little  after  sunset ;  lodged  at  Mrs.  Stevens'. 

April  7.  I  had  the  return  of  a  venture  ;  2  qtts  of  fish  to  the  West 
Indies  ;  came  in  rum,  6  gallons,  which  went  to  Virginia  and  brought  4 
bushels  of  wheat  and  2  of  corn. 

April  14.     Capt.  Baker  sailed  in  a  Pink  Stern  Snow. 

April  24.  I  bought  of  Mr.  Woodward  15  bushels  of  corn ;  made 
garret  stairs  yesterday  and  to-day. 


32  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

May  4.  I  primed  some  sashes,  130  squares,  and  painted  my  desk 
and  bookcase  ;  made  a  window  frame. 

May  18.  We  all  dined  at  Deacon  Parsons';  we  ought  to  go  abroad 
for  business,  and  not  make  a  business  of  going  abroad. 

June  1.  Warm;  I  visited  and  prayed  at  four  families,  where  I  was 
sent  for,  sick  and  in  distress  ;  and  at  a  house  where  a  young  man  was 
saved  from  drowning  —  Andrew  Robinson. 

June  4.  We  kept  a  family  fast  at  Mr.  N.  Allen's,  on  account  of  his 
wife,  who  is  greatly  tempted  and  discomposed  ;  his  child  died. 

June  7.  Mr.  Jaques  preached  my  Lect ;  after  Lect.  sent  for  to  Nathl. 
Parsons,  in  consumption. 

June  8.     Visited  and  prayed  at  N.  Aliens'  &  Nathl.  Parsons. 

June  12.     Made  the  great  door  for  my  study  ;  visited  Mrs.  Allen. 

June  14.  Visited  Mrs.  Allen;  attended  her  till  she  died,  about  two 
o'clock. 

June  15.  I  was  very  dull ;  visited  Nathl.  Sargent,  in  a  consump- 
tion. 

June  16.  I  had  many  discouragements  and  trials,  inward,  outward  ; 
dined  with  Mr.  Smith  and  others  at  Capt.  Gibbs. 

June  17.  I  preached,  forenoon  ;  Mr.  Smith,  afternoon  ;  contribution 
began  to  be  divided  between  Mr.  White  and  me  ;  1 2d. 

June  18.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Nathl.  Allen's  wife;  Nathl.  Par- 
sons buried  the  same  day. 

July  3.  I  painted  some  of  the  cellar;  visited  and  prayed  with  Nathl. 
Sargent. 

July  8.  I  preached  all  day;  Mr.  White  baptised  ;  in  the  evening  I 
was  sent  for  to  Eliza  Row  ;  found  her  under  symptons  of  death,  hardly 
sensible;  prayed  with  her;  sent  for  to  see  Nathl.  Sargent,  very  weak 
and  low  ;  nigh  unto  death  ;  prayed  there  with  much  freedom  and  enlarge- 
ment. 

July  9.  This  morn  Eliza  Row  died,  and  about  noon,  Nathl.  Sar- 
gent died.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  an  infant  son  of Barrett, 

who  died  aboard  a  vessel  in  the  harbour. 

July  10.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Eliz.  Row;  Mr.  White  prayed. 

Jnly  17.  I  was  sent  for  in  the  morning — Elisha  Brown  had  hanged 
himself  in  his  own  house  with  a  line,  having  been  under  conviction  lately, 
after  a  vain  and  profane  life  ;  he  was  taken  with  a  lit  of  the  palsy  a  few 
months  ago  ;  was  awakened,  thoughtful  and  tempted. 

July  18.     I  put  my  horse  into  the  chair  and  weiit  to  Fresh  Water 


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Cove  yesterday ;  went  on  to  the  Point  with  Capt.  William  Stevens  and 
Mr.  Smith. 

July  22.  Sacrament ;  I  preached  forenoon  ;  Mr.  White  called  out  to 
Capt.  John  Stevens';  his  wife  died  about  one  o'clock ;  afternoon  Mr.  S. 
Moody  preached. 

July  23.     I  set  out  for  Haverhill  in  a  chair  ;  lodged  at  Father  Peeker's. 
July  24.    I  set  out  at  7  o'clock  with  sister  Bette,  arrived  home  about 
4  afternoon  ;  visited  the  sick  and  attended  the  funeral  of  Capt.  John 
Stevens'  wife. 

July  25.  I  attended  Mr.  Rogers'  Lect ;  Mr.  Moody  preached,  Rom. 
v.  3,  4,  5  ;  in  the  evening  Mr.  White  and  I  went  to  the  widow  Brown's, 
whose  husband  lately  hanged  himself;  they  had  quitted  the  house  by 
reason  of  some  noises  and  fears  of  spectres ;  we  persuaded  them  to  re- 
enter, and  tarried  there  with  them  all  there  all  night,  without  the  least 
molestation. 

Aug.  5.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  widow  Howard. 
Aug.  7.     Quarterly  fast  at  Mr.  Woodward's. 

Aug.  7.  Two  men  drowned  in  the  harbour — Danl.  Collins  and  Benj. 
Biuk. 

Aug.  25.     Visited  the  sick  at  Mr.  Boynton's  ;  four  of  them  with  fever. 
Sept.  5.     At  Mr.  Roger's  Lect.  ;  he  preached  ;  after  Lect.   attended 
the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Boynton. 

Sept.   7.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Thos.  Bray's  child  ;  there  were 
three  funerals,  children,  all  in  the  burying  ground  at  once. 
.  Sept.  24.     I  went  up  in  town  at  2  o'clock;  Mr.  Rogers,  of  Kittery, 
preached  a  Lect.  for  me ;  after  Lect.  I  visited  and  prayed  at  four  fam- 
ilies ;  visited  the  sick  all  over  the  Cut. 

Sept.  24.     Made  a  partition  in  ye  arch  in  ye  cellar.  , 

Oct.  29.  I  visited  the  sick  at  Fresh  Water  Cove;  six  persons  sick 
with  a  fever;  at  night,  about  12  o'clock,  the  house  of  David  Inirersoll 
took  fire  and  was  burnt  to  the  ground  with  most  of  the  furniture  ;  it 
was  a  calm  time,  and  a  wonderful  Providence  that  it  spread  no  further; 
there  was  a  great  concourse  of  People. 

Nov.  8.     I  attended  the  dying  of  Joseph  Tarbox  his  wife. 
Nov.  19.     I  finished  my  closet  in  the  study  ;  hung  the  door. 
Nov.  20.     Visited  the  sick,  and  watched  with  Tim.  Rogers,  who  has 
the  bilious  colic. 

Nov.  21.    In  the  morning  at  home  till  12  ;  then  went  to  see  Patt  Stacy, 
at  Mr.  Stevens',,  at  the  Cut;  pray  there,  she  has  a  pleuritic  fever;  then 
3 


34  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

visited  and  prayed  with  Mollie  Travis  ;  then  visited  and  prayed  at  James 
Sawyer's ;  many  sick  there,  and  their  daughter  dead  ;  then  visited  and 
prayed  at  Michael  Webber's,  his  wife  dangerously  ill;  then  visited  and 
prayed  at  Mr.  Webber's,  many  sick  of  a  fever;  then  attended  the  fune- 
ral (and  prayed)  of  Andrew  Parsons,  his  wife;  then  home;  visited  at 
Henry  Davis',  two  children  sick  of  fever;  then  went  in  to  see  Mr.  Rog- 
ers, and  home  and  to  bed  at  9. 

Nov.  22.  I  preached  the  Lect.  1  John,  i.  7  ;  after  Lect.  went  to  the 
cape ;  married  Daniel  Williams  and  Hannah  Clark ;  married  Ctesar  and 
Flora. 

Nov.  29.  Very  windy  at  S  W.,  cold  ;  in  the  evening  I  went  to  the 
Cnpe  and  married  John  Hobson  and  widow  Martha  Pool. 

Dec.  2.  Mr.  Rogers,  of  Kittery,  preached  for  me,  forenoon,  from 
Ps.  lxxxix.  1G  ;  I  preached  afternoon  ;  In  Mr.  Rogers'  sermon,  he  showed 
how  the  Br  is  exalted  in  Christ ;  righteousness  ; — exalted  above  the  con- 
demning power  of  the  Law  ;  above  the  power  and  dominion  of  sin,  above 
self,  the  devil,  and  the  world. 

Dec.  3.  Mr.  Rogers  preached  a  dedication  sermon  at  the  new  meet- 
ing house  up  in  town. 

Dec.  16.     I  changed  with  Mr.  Rogers,  of  Kittery. 

Dec.  27.  I  was  at  wedding  at  Mr.  Allen's  ;  Dr.  Plummer  married  by 
Mr.  White.  [Doctor  Samuel  Plummer  to  Elizabeth  Gee,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Joshua  Gee,  of  Boston,  and  sifter  of  Mr.  Allen's  wile,  then  recently 
deceased.] 

Jan.  21,  1754.  Very  warm  ;  at  night  the  wind  changed  ;  blowed  ex- 
ceedingly hard  and  exceedingly  cold  ;  many  vessels  drove  ashore  in  the 
harbor ;  the  coldest  night  we  have  had  this  winter. 

Jan.  22.  Exceedingly  cold  and  windy  ;  I  went  to  Mr.  White's  and 
Deacon  Stacy's ;  many  perished  with  the  cold. 

Feb.  6.  Very  pleasant,  I  received  a  letter  from  my  brother  inform- 
ing me  that  my  mother  was  sick  of  a  fever;  I  set  out  at  2  o'clock,  got 
to  Haverhill  at  9. 

Feb.  7.  Went  to  Andover ;  found  my  mother  sick,  but  the  fever 
abated. 

Feb.  13.     My  mother  died  at  9  3-4  o'clock. 

Feb.  16.     I  dined  at  Mr.  Cogswell's  and  reached  home  at  7  o'clock, 
Feb.  24.      I  preached  all  day  ;   in  the  evening  married  Joseph  Smith 
and  Sarah  Brown  ;  visited  Saml.  Ingcrsoll,  sick  of  the  palsy  and  sense- 
less. 


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Feb.  27.     Snow  storm  and  ruin  ;  attended  the  funeral  of  S.  Tngersoll. 

April  9.  I  set  out  with  Deacon  Warner  for  York;  lodged  at  my 
brother's  at  Newbury. 

April  12.  Dined  at  Mr.  Rogers',  Kittery  ;  went  through  Scotland; 
lodged  at  Mr.  Lyman's  ;  saw  many  oft  he  people  of  my  former  charge, 
who  expressed  much  gladness  to  see  me. 

April  15.  Visited,  and  went  to  Sir  Wm.  Peppercll's  ;  Lodged  at  Mr. 
Willi  id's,  Portsmouth. 

April  18.  Got  to  Ipswich  to  Lect.  ;  Mr.  Foxcroft  preached;  got 
home  at  8  o'clock. 

April  30.  I  went  to  Squam  ;  dined  at  Mr.  Bradstreet's  ;  attended  the 
funeral  of  Zebulon  Elwell. 

May  2.  I  preached  at  Eastern  Point,  at  John  Gardner's  ;  dined  at 
Capt.  Sargent's  with  Mr.  White ;  rode  over  in  Capt.  Sargent's  chaise ; 
my  horse. 

May  26.  I  preached  all  day;  Mr.  White  at  the  Cape;  Mr.  Smith, 
of  Falmouth  here,  but  would  not  preach. 

June  7.     Sent  for  to  John  Sargent's  ;  he  was  thought  to  be  dying. 

June  11.  Was  called  in  the  morning  to  John  Sargents  ;  prayed  with 
him  ;  he  died  soon  after. 

June  14.     Went  to  Squam  ;  sold  the  girl  to  Denison  for  £40  O.  T. 

June  20.  I  drank  tea  at  Capt.  John  Stevens' ;  his  new  wife  came  on 
Tuesday.      [She  was  the  widow  of  Col.  John  Gorham,  of  Barnstable.] 

Aug.  24.  General  Training;  the  Field  officers  came  down  with  the 
troops;  the  five  companies  formed  into  one  Battalion. 

Oct.  29.  Mr.  Whitfield  came  here  ;  preached  twice,  Rev,  i.  5,  6, 
and  went  out  of  town.  [This  was  the  celebrated  George  Whitefield,. 
then  on  his  filth  visit  to  America.  By  this  entry  only  do  we  learn  that 
he  ever  preached  in  Gloucester.] 

Nov.  1.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  John  Goodridge. 

Nov.  21.  It  being  training  day,  I  preached  Deut.  xiv,  21;  a  sort 
of  artillery  sermon. 

Nov.  29.     Snowy  day  ;  attended  the  funeral  of  David  Sawyer. 

Dec.  8.  I  preached  all  day;  attended  the  funeral  of  Philip  Babson's 
wife. 

Dec.  10.  Mr.  White  preached  at  the  School  house,  a  quarterly  Lect ; 
we  supped  at  Mr.  N.  Allen's ;  he  brought  his  wife  home.  [She  was 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Epes  Sargent,  Esq.,  formerly  of  Gloucester,  but 
then  of  Salem.] 


36  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Dec.  13.  I  made  about  thirty  pound  of  candles;  the  wicks  made 
before  ;  finished  by  noon. 

Dec.  lb'.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Constantine  Jorlin. 

Dec.  19.  Married  Aaron  Davis  and  Patty  Woodhouse,  and  Ezekiel 
Woodward  and  Abigail  Sanders. 

Dec.  20.     Very  cold  ;  held  the  wedding  at  Mr.  Woodward's. 

Dec.  25.     Preached  at  old  Mr.  Gardner's. 

Jan.  4,  1755.     Attended  the  funeral  of  John  Gardner. 

Jan.  16.     Attend  the  sick,  and  Mrs.  Cashmere  at  her  death. 

Jan.  30.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  widow  Parsons ;  had  information 
of  a  man  that  has  attempted  a  felo-de-se. 

Jan.  31.  I  was  called  out  of  bed  in  the  morning  to  and  see  Mrs. 
Fears'  sick. 

Feb.  1.     Sent  for  to  a  dying  woman  in  the  morning. 

Feb.  2.  Preached  :  read  the  request  of  a  number  of  brethren  at  the 
cape  for  dismission,  in  order  to  incorporation. 

Feb.  3.     Attended  the  funeral  of  Wm.  Fears'  wife. 

Feb.  13.  I  went  to  the  Cape  to  the  Fast.  Mr.  Bradstreet  began 
with  prayer ;  I  preached  ;  Mr.  White  incorporated  the  church  ;  Mr. 
Rogers  prayed,  and  Mr.  White  concluded  with  prayer.  I  visited  some 
sick  on  my  way  home. 

Feb.  28.  Visited  Mrs.  Collins,  dangerously  sick;  and  he  under  gt 
Tempt  to  Felo-de-se. 

March  3.  Attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Collins,  and  visited  at  Capt. 
Ellery's  in  the  evening. 

March  11.  Preached  to  the  young  people  in  the  school;  very  at- 
tentive and  some  wept. 

March  12.  Rose  at  6  o'clock,  soon  after  was  desired  to  go  to  visit 
two  families,  the  news  of  the  heads  of  them  being  lost  at  sea  just  come  ; 
I  went  to  Capt.  Joseph  Parsons',  who  was  one ;  his  widow,  mother  and 
relatives  all  in  tears  ;  conversed  with  them  about  an  hour  and  prayed  ; 
then  went  to  George  Tappan's,  the  other,  and  prayed  there  :  then  re- 
turned home  and  read  Taylor's  Experience,  a  very  excellent  work  for 
the  discovery  of  a  Pharisee  :  then  went  to  see  Mr.  Baker,  sick  at  his 
daughter  Babren's  :  prayed  with  him  after  much  conversation  :  he  is  an 
excellent  Christian  :  then  sent  for  to  see  Hannah  Davis,  sick  of  the 
quinsy,  and  prayed  :  then  attended  the  funeral  of  Everdeen's  child,  and 
prayed  with  the  mourners  :  In  the  evening  called  to  pray  with  a  sick 
child  at  Mr.  Rand's,  and  another  at  Dr.  Rea's  :  prayed  with  each  :  then 


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went  to  see  Hannah  Davis  again,  and  Zeb.  Lane's  wife,  who  is  infirm  ; 
then  came  home. 

March  25.  Very  rainy  day  ;  I  visited  16  sick  persons,  mostly  chil- 
dren; prayed  with  11  families. 

April  3.     Dined  at  deacon  Stacy's;  his  John  brought  his  wife  home. 

April  7.     Visited  Zaccheus  Parsons  ;  he  died. 

April  23.  Dined  at  Dr.  Rea's  ;  an  entertainment  at  the  weaning  of 
a  child  ;  wrote  a  letter  to  a  deist ;  planted  cucumbers. 

May  19.     I  visited  and  catechised  at  the  school  house. 

May  21.     Private  Fast  at  Deacon  Stacy's  for  his  daughter  distracted. 

June  27.  I  went  to  see  Mary  Giddings  who  had  murdered  her  infant 
child. 

June  30.  Mary  Giddings  was  buried.  (She  was  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert Giddings,  and  was  born  Oct.  25,  1731.) 

July  3.  General  Fast  upon  the  account  of  the  second  expedition 
against  the  French  encroachments  and  the  Indian  war.  I  preached 
forenoon  ;  Mr.  White  afternoon. 

July  9.     I  visited,  and  at  night  sat  up  with  Deacon  William  Parsons. 

July  10.  Deacon  Parsons  died  between  six  and  seven  in  the  morn- 
ing. [He  died  at  the  age  of  flfty-five  ;  having  been,  for  many  years, 
one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  the  town.  He  owned  and  occu- 
pied the  house  now  standing  oil  the  corner  of  Middle  and  Washington 
streets.] 

July  11.     I  studied  upon  a  funeral  sermon. 

July  12.  I  studied  and  attended  the  funeral  of  Deacon  Parsons.  Eb. 
Witham's  horse  killed  by  Thunder. 

July  26.  Cold  N.  E.  storm  ;  a  vessel  cast  away  at  the  Cape ;  man 
lost ;  another  at  Squam  ;  Mr.  White  on  board. 

Aug.  26.  A  general  Provincial  Fast  on  account  of  our  armies  and 
expeditions ;  General  Bradstreet's  defeat  near  Ohio,  and  general  Shir- 
ley's marching  to  Niagara,  and  general  Johnson  to  Crown  Point;  after 
the  public  exercises  we  met  at  Samuel  Parsons'  for  private  prayer. 

Sept.  11.  Mr.  Swain,  of  Wen  ham,  preached  my  Lect.  compel  them 
to  come  in  that  my  house  may  be  filled;  the  church  is  the  house  of 
God. 

Sept.  15.  The  companies  met  to  enlist  soldiers  to  go  to  Crown  Point ; 
20  in  the  two  companies  in  this  town. 

Sept.  16.     We  had  a  chinch  and  parish  meeting  to  see  if  they  would 


38  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

consent  to  my  going  to  Crown  Point;  voted  their  consent  unani- 
mously. 

Sept.  22.     I  was  preparing  for  the  expedition. 

Sept.  24.  My  sister  Sarah  came  down ;  we  attended  the  private  fast 
at  Hubbard  Haskell's. 

Sept.  26.  I  visited  24  families  over  the  Cut.  [Here  follows  a  list 
of  ministers  who  preached  for  Mr.  Chandler  while  he  was  absent: — 
Messrs.  Leavitt  and  Barnard,  of  Salem,  Messrs.  Wigglesworth  and 
Walley,  of  Ipswich,  Mr.  Champney,  of  Beverly,  Mr.  Swain,  of  Wen- 
ham,  and  Messrs.  Bradstreet  and  Rogers,  of  Gloucester.  Mr.  White 
preached  three  Sabbaths  and  Thanksgiving.  Mr.  Chandler's  Diary  of 
the  expedition  to  Crown  Point  is  in  the  New  England  Historical  and  Gen- 
ealogical Register  for  Oct.,  1863,  which  any  who  are  anxious  to  see  it  may 
find  in  the  Sawyer  Free  Library.  After  his  return,  he  resumed  the  record 
of  events  at  home.] 

Dec.  19.  There  was  a  loud  rumbling  of  an  earthquake;  no  shaking 
but  a  jarring  like  thunder. 

Dec.  21.  Sabbath  ;  Mr.  White  preached  forenoon  ;  John  xiv.  27  ; 
afternoon  1  preached  from  Amos,  iv.  12.  [Mr.  Chandler  often  preached 
from  this  text;  the  words  are  : —  "This  will  I  do  unto  thee,  O  Israel  ; 
and  because  I  will  do  this  unto  thee,  prepare  to  meet  thy  God,  O 
Israel."] 

Dec.  24.  N.  Fast  to  humble  ourselves  under  the  tokens  of  God's 
Displeasure  in  the  Earthquake ;  I  began  with  prayer,  Mr.  Jaques 
preached  ;  afternoon,  Mr.  Rogers  prayed  and  preached;  very  cold,  but 
a  full  congregation. 

Dec.  26.  More  moderate ;  I  dined  at  Capt.  Sargents' ;  went  to  see 
some  sick,  bereaved  and  tempted. 

Dec.  28.  Sabbath  and  sacrament;  I  preached;  in  the  evening  rode 
over  the  Cut  with  Mr.  Nathl.  Sargent  to  see  Thomas  Bray,  sick  of  a 
fever ;  prayed  with  him  and  conversed  ;  he  speaks  as  one  experienced 
in  spirituals. 

Jan.  1,  1756.  This  day  by  agreement  the  ministers  of  the  town  met 
at  Mr.  Rogers' to  keep  a  fast  in  his  parish  on  acct  of  the  Earthquake. 
Mr.  Rogers  began  with  prayer;  I  preached  Ezek.  xxxiii.  5;  afternoon 
Mr.  Cleveland  prayed  and  Mr.  Bradstreet  preached  Prov.  i.  24-29  ; 
very  cold  day. 

Jan.  2.     I  was  studying;  took  in  three  Relations  from  persons  desir- 


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ing  admission  to  the  Lord's  table  and  attend  the  funeral  to  the  grave  of 
Mrs.  Parsons,  wife  of  Jera  Parsons  who  died  hopefully  ;  told  me  she 
believed  Christ  died  for  her.  She  had  been  much  enlightened  of  late 
time,  since  the  Gt  Shock  of  the  Earthquake  which  was  Nov.  18  last. 

Jan.  3.     I  studied  all  day  ;  dined  at  Capt.  Gibbs'. 

Jan.  4.  Very  cold;  I  preached;  in  the  evening  visited  and  prayed 
with  Mrs.  Cook,  under  darkness  and  fear  at  the  perilous  hour. 

Jan.  5.  Cloudy  ;  damp  air  ;  some  rain  ;  I  made  this  book  ;  studied  in 
the  evening;  rain  at  niirht  and  snow. 

Jan.  6.  I  visited  Elisha  Corney,  under  the  symptoms  of  death,  and 
attended  the  funeral  of  Daniel  Tarr's  child. 

Jan.  13.     Mr.  Leighton's  shop  burnt  down. 

Jan.  20.  I  went  to  Manchester  to  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Cheever.  [Rev. 
Amos  Cheever  died  Jan.  16,  1756.] 

Jan.  22.  Very  cold  ;  I  went  to  Mr.  Jaques' Fast ;  he  prayed  in  the 
morning,  Mr.  Rogers  preached;  afternoon,  I  prayed,  Mr.  Bradstreet 
preached. 

Jan.  29.  Fast  at  the  Cape;  Mr.  Rogers  prayed,  Mr.  Bradstreej 
preached  ;  afternoon,  I  prayed  and  preached ;  supped  at  Ebeneezer 
Pool's  ;  Mr.  Cleveland  sick  of  a  fever. 

Feb.  5.  I  studied  all  day  ;  visited  in  the  evening.  The  many  severe 
trials  we  undergo  are  intended  as  warnings  not  to  attach  ourselves  to 
the  floating  phantoms  of  sublunary  life. 

Feb.  7.  I  was  at  home  ;  had  company  ;  took  two  relations  of  persons 
to  be  admitted  to  church  fellowship. 

Feb.  8.  I  preached  all  day ;  tine,  warm  weather,  like  spring,  this 
fortnight  or  three  weeks  past. 

Feb.  12.  1  was  at  home,  forenoon  ;  afternoon,  visited  Mrs.  Cradock. 
very  much  distressed  in  soul. 

Feb.  16.     'Tis  like  a  May  morning;  birds  singing. 

Feb.  18.  Visited  at  the  Cove  ;  very  warm,  foggy  ;  the  grass  springs 
in  the  mowing  ground  ;  in  some  places  some  have  gathered  greens  for 
the  pot. 

March  16.     Attended  the  funeral  of  the  widow  Martin. 

March  17.  In  the  afternoon,  a  number  joined  to  pray  with  Mrs. 
Cradock,  under  great  temptation. 

March  21.    In  the  evening,  preached  to  the  negroes  at  the  school  house. 

April  12.  Col.  Plaisted  came  to  town  to  press  the  affair  of  my  going 
with  him  on  the  expedition ;  we  dined  at  Capt.  Sargents'. 


40  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

April  21.  I  went  to  visit  a  poor  a  distressed  woman,  Mrs.  Celey, 
near  80  years  of  age,  under  hopeful  convictions,  despairing  in  herself. 

April  22.     Training  day  ;  I  prayed  with  the  companies. 

April  24.  Church  meeting  to  see  if  the  church  would  concur  to  my 
going  in  the  expedition,  at  the  repeated  request  of  Col.  Plaisted ;  it 
passed  in  the  negative. 

April  24.  Public  Fast;  I  preached  and  delivered  an  address  to  the 
soldiers  going  on  the  Expedition;  in  sermon  time,  forenoon,  there  was 
a  gust  of  wind  or  whirlwind,  which  broke  up  the  congregation;  most 
ran  out,  but  'twas  soon  over.  It  was  thought  at  the  time,  by  many,  to 
be  an  earthquake. 

April  30.  I  visited  Mrs.  Collins,  tempted  :  and  Mrs.  Paterson,  be- 
reaved of  her  mother,  Mrs.  Cradock,  who  has  for  some  months  been 
in  distwess  of  mind,  and  despairing,  tempted,  and  assaulted;  and  last 
Saturday  about  one  o'clock,  she  hanged  herself  with  a  single  strand  of  a 
fishing  line.     I  transcribed  the  address  to  the  soldiers,  at  their  desire. 

May  2.  I  preached  to  the  society  of  young  men  at  Samuel  Stearns' 
at  the  Cut. 

May  3.  The  soldiers  marched  :  but  first  Avent  into  the  meeting  house  ; 
Mr.   White  prayed  and  I  gave  them  a  word  of  exhortation. 

May  8.  This  Day  was  set  apart  by  order  of  Govt  throughout  the 
Provinces  as  a  day  of  Humiliation,  Prayer  and  Thanksgiving  on  account 
of  the  Earthquake  which  was  desolating  in  Lisbon,  Portugal,  but  New 
England  was  spared  in  a  very  great  shock  which  shook  off  Chimney 
Tops  and  wares  from  shelves. 

May  11.  Changed  with  Mr.  Rogers  ;  after  meeting  drank  tea  at  Capt. 
Allen's  ;  in  the  evening  prayed  with  Mrs.  Cook.  There  was  heard  about 
8  o'clock  in  the  evening  a  low  rumbling  of  an  Earthquake. 

May  19.     The  Hornet  man-of-war  was  in  here. 

May  22.  I  studied  :  dined  at  home  on  a  fresh  salmon  Capt.  Sanders 
sent  me. 

June  12.  David  Low  and  Spencer,  of  Capt.  Wm.  Stevens,  and 
Sip,  of  Capt.  Allen,  drowned  off  the  Cape :  the  small  boat  overset. 

June  14.     Catechised  the  children,  about  120. 

June  24.  I  Avent  down  to  Squam  Avith  my  Avife  ;  dined  at  Capt.  Davis' ; 
he  was  married  last  night;  I  preached  Mr.  Bradstreet's  Lect. 

July  16.  I  dined  at  Mr.  Allen's;  visited  B.  Boynton's  Avife,  danger- 
ously ill  of  a  fever. 

July  21.     Attended  the  funeral  of  Benj.  Boynton's  Avife. 


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July  22.  A  special  Fast  throughout  the  Provinces  on  account  of  the 
Expedition  and  the  War.  Mr.  White  preached,  forenoon;  I  preached 
afternoon. 

July  21.     I  visited  Thomas  Ayers  in  a  very  poor  case. 

Aug.  4.  I  went  over  the  Cut;  went  into  the  water;  found  a  plenty 
of  whotle-berries ;  stopped  at  Mr.  Rogers';  war  proclaimed  at  Boston. 

Aug.  5.     I  preached  at  widow  Elwell's,  Head  of  the  Harbour. 

Aug.  15.     Attended  the  funeral  of  Thomas  Ayers. 

Aug.  23.  Funeral  of  Patience  Bennett :  called  up  in  the  night  to 
Adam  Hoppin. 

Aug.  25.  I  dined  at  Dr.  Ilea's,  his  brother  died  about  9  o'clock  in 
the  evening. 

Aug.  27.     Attended  the  funeral  of  Aaron  Ray. 

Sept.  4.     I  was  at  home  :  ( ailed  up  at  10  o'clock  to  a  dying  person. 

Sept.  4.  Studied,  and  attended  the  funeral  of  Joseph  Boynton's 
wife. 

Sept.  5.  I  preached  :  attended  the  funeral  of  James  Paterson's  wife. 
[James  Paterson  and  Abigail  Cradock  were  married  Dec.  26,  1749. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  the  unhappy  woman  mentioned  under  April 
30.] 

Sept.  8.     I  went  out  to  sea,  kept  my  cabin. 

Sept.  9.     Very  weak  :  visited  the  sick  at  Paterson's. 

Sept.  12.  I  was  very  feeble  :  preached  :  afternoon,  I  found  unwonted 
freedom  of  mind  and  some  fervor  of  soul :  was  strengthened  beyond  expec- 
tation. 

Sept.  19.  Mr.  Smith,  of  Marlborough,  preached  for  me  all  day. 
[Rev.  Aaron  Smith:  husband  of  Martha,  daughter  of  Joseph  Allen, 
Esq.] 

Sept.  21.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  James  Paterson,  a  child. 

Oct.  2.     Rainy  day  :  attended  two  funerals  in  one  house. 

Oct.  11.     Visited  among  the  sick  :  'tis  pretty  sickly  among  us. 

Oct.  18.     Catechised  the  children  at  James  Sawyer's. 

Oct.  19.  In  the  evening  I  had  much  of  a  headache  :  went  to  bed : 
was  called  up  about  3  o'clock  to  go  to  Molly  West,  who  was  thought  to 
be  dying:  I  went,  and  as  I  stood  praying  I  fainted  away:  was  sense- 
less about  one  and  a  half  minutes. 

Oct.  19.  I  got  out,  afternoon,  to  see  one  Osmond,  a  youth,  who  was 
hurt  in  the  windmill  ;  a  wonderful  deliverance. 

Oct.  31.     I  preached  all  day  :  attended  the  funeral  of  Molly  West. 


42  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

Nov.  1.  Very  warm,  foggy  weather :  the  funeral  of  William  Somes' 
wife. 

Nov.  2.  Called  out  of  bed  in  the  morning  to  Joseph  Dolliver  :  then 
went  over  to  Eastern  Point  to  see  Mr.  Josiah  Ingersoll,  sick  :  visited 
several  families,  came  home.  Ezekiel  Woodward's  house  raised.  [This 
house  is  still  standing  on  Middle  street,  and  has  been  for  many  years 
in  possession  of  a  branch  of  the  Parsons  family.] 

Nov.  3.  Mr.  Allen,  of  Manchester,  came  here,  related  his  grievances, 
and  advised  about  a  council. 

Nov.  10.  I  visited  Joseph  Dolliver,  dangerously  sick  of  a  nervous 
fever. 

Nov.  13.  Capt.  Wm.  Ellery  in  a  snow  privateer,  came  in  yester- 
day :  Joseph  Dolliver  buried. 

Nov.  16.  Old  Mr.  Stevens  died  in  the  evening,  10  o'clock  and  20 
min. 

Nov.  18.  I  preached  the  Lect :  the  anniversary  period  of  the  great 
Earthquake  :  after  Lect.  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Samuel  Stevens, 
aged  91  years:  he  has  lived  with  the  wife  of  his  youth  62  years  and 
about  10  months  :  he  has  for  two  or  three  years  past  been  a  child,  almost 
bereaved  of  all  reason,  but  able  to  walk  the  house  till  a  few  days  before 
his  death.  [He  was  a  merchant, —  a  grandson  of  William  Stevens,  one 
of  the  first  settlers,  and  a  famous  shipwright.  His  wife  was  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  Ellery.  See  JVotes  and  Additions,  Vol.  J,  p.  78. 
Mr.  Stevens'  residence  was  a  large  gambrel-roofed  building  on  the 
north  side  of  Front  street,  about  half-way  between  Center  and  Hancock 
streets.  It  escaped  destruction  by  the  greatflre  of  1814,  —  having  been 
moved,  a  few  years  before,  toaplace  at  the  Beach,  where  it  still  stands.] 

Nov.  22.  My  cider  came,  8  barrels  of  Mr.  Osgood  and  2  barrels  of 
Capt.  Pecker. 

Nov.  23.     Capt.  Collins  and  Capt.  Somes  sailed  before  noon  for  Bilboa. 

Nov.  26.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  one  Dennis  Organ,  a  Roman, 
who,  in  his  sickness,  said,  if  he  grew  worse,  he  would  have  them  send 
for  me  to  come  and  pray  with  him.     I  went,  but  he  was  speechless. 

Jan.  2,  1757.  At  5  o'clock  I  was  called  up  to  visit  Wm.  Card  ;  found 
him  dying;  left  him  alive  at  7. 

Jan.  13.  I  preached  the  Lect ;  in  the  evening  visited  Jonathan's  Row's 
wife,  dangerously  ill. 

Jan.  18.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Jonathan  Row's  wife. 

Jan.  20.     Mr  Payne  brought  his  wife  home.   [Edward  Payne,  a  mcr- 


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chant,  sometime  in  business  in  Gloucester.  This  wife  was  Rebecca  Ar- 
mory of  Boston.] 

Feb.  13.  I  preached  ;  exceedingly  cold  day;  afternoon,  Mr.  White 
preached,  Luke  xiii.  27,  extempore. 

Feb.  16.  A  little  afternoon  was  heard  a  pretty  loud  and  long  rum- 
bling of  an  earthquake  or  thunder. 

Feb.  18.  I  preached  at  Josiah  Grover's  ;  Mr.  Haskell  walked  with 
me  ;  very  thick,  foggy  weather  for  four  or  five  days. 

March  8.  I  was  called  up  in  the  morning  at  about  4  o'clock  to  see 
Madam  Stevens,  who  they  thought  was  dying  :  prayed  there  and  tarried 
till  it  was  day  all  abroad  ;  then  came  home  to  my  study,  close  at  study ; 
visited  Madam  Stevens  again  ;  in  the  evening  preached  at  Mr.  Leighton's 
family  meeting. 

March  13.  In  the  evening  married  Ignatius  Webber  and  Elizabeth 
Stuart ;  very  stormy. 

March  14.  Training  day ;  I  prayed  with  the  company;  the  new  com- 
missions opened ;  I  dined  at  Mr.  Payne's. 

March  22.  A  very  cold,  stormy  day  ;  Training  to  enlist  17  men  out 
of  two  companies  ;  I  dined  at  Mr.  Nathl.  Ellery's  with  the  officers  ;  I 
prayed  in  the  meeting-house  before  and  after  the  exercise  of  the  soldiers. 

March  27.  I  preached;  contribution  for  William  Sargent;  in  the 
morning  visited  old  Mrs.  Stevens,  wasting  away. 

April  3.     I  preached ;  snowed  all  day  ;  very  stormy  day. 

April  4.  The  soldiers  marched  ;  I  visited  Andrew  Parsons'  wife,  dan- 
gerously sick. 

April  6.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Andrew  Parsons'  wife. 

April  8.     Visited  widow  Botham  ;  very  near  her  end. 

April  10.  After  meeting  visited  widow  Botham;  she  was  dying;  I 
prayed  with  her ;  she  died  soon  after ;  then  I  went  to  see  widow  Dolli- 
ver,  aged  about — ;  she  is  declining  fast;  then  went  and  married  David 
Perigo  and  Abaoail  Brook  and  came  home  ;  then  went  and  married 
Nathl.  Sargent  and  widow  Judith  Giddings. 

April  13.  I  received  the  news  of  the  death  of  my  brother  Benjamin, 
who  was  taken  at  Oswego,  was  a  carpenter,  and  died  on  his  march  to 
Canada,  about  30  miles  from  Quebec. 

April  18.     I  was  sick  of  a  cold  ;  I  made  a  spring  in  the wheel  of 

my  watch  to  stop  it  when  wound  up. 

April  20.  I  went  in  the  morning  to  Josiah  Grover's  ;  his  wife  had  a 
wen  cut  out  by  D.  Plummer,  from  her  side,  which  weighed  9  3-4  lbs. 


44  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

April  21.  Provincial  Fast;  I  preached  all  day ;  Mr.  White  prayed 
afternoon  :  just  after  meeting  I  was  sent  for  to  Capt.  Winthrop  Sar- 
gent's ;  his  child  dangerously  sick  ;  I  prayed  with  it  and  it  died  in  a  few 
minutes;  then  went  to  Capt.  Gibbs',  at  his  desire  went  to  carry  the 
news  to  Mrs.  Sanders  of  the  death  of  her  husband,  drowned  at  sea  ;  then 
visited  and  prayed  with  old  Mrs.  Sanders  at  Capt.  Gibbs'. 

April  24.  Preached  at  Squam  ;  after  meeting  was  desired  to  go  to 
Capt.  Fellows';  his  wife  lost  her  son,  Saunders;  came  home,  and  went 
and  prayed  with  the  society  of  negroes  and  gave  them  a  word  of  exhor- 
tation. 

May  1.  Very  hard  gale  of  wind ;  it  snowed  about  two  hours  and  a 
half;  scarce  ever  faster ;  the  ground  covered  over  an  inch  and  continued 
until  next  day  noon ;  very  cold,  it  froze  a  tub  of  water  over  near  a  qt. 
of  an  inch  thick. 

May  18.     I  went  to  the  Cape  to  the  funeral  of  Elder  Grover's  wife. 

May  19.     Capt.  Babson  arrived  from  Lisbon. 

June  9.  Mrs.  Card  very  ill,  and  under  concern,  very  great,  about 
her  soul. 

June  22.  This  day  was  set  apart  by  consent  in  this  Parish  as  a  day 
of  fasting  and  prayer  on  account  of  the  drought.  Mr.  White  began  with 
prayer,  I  preached  ;  afternoon,  Mr.  Bradstreet  prayed,  Mr.  Rogers 
preached,  Matt.  6  :  Thy  kingdom  come.  We  supped  at  Mr.  White's, 
very  hot. 

June  23.  I  preached  Mr.  Bradstreet's  Lect ;  we  had  a  very  plentiful 
shower  of  rain. 

June  24.     I  visited  on  Eastern  Point :  Mr.  Palfrey  dangerously  ill. 

June  27.     Went  to  Eastern  Point  to  see  Mr.  Palfiey. 

June  30.  Provincial  fast  on  account  of  the  war  and  drouth  ;  I  prayed 
in  the  morning,  Mr.  White  preached ;  afternoon  Mr.  White  prayed,  I 
preached. 

July  2.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Richard  Palfrey. 

July  7.  About  2  1-4  o'clock  there  was  an  Earthquake,  an  ingemina- 
ted concussion. 

July  13.  I  preached  Mr.  Rogers'  Lect;  Capt.  Allen's  wife  much  af- 
fected after  meeting  in  conversation. 

July  18.     Catechised  at  Eben.  Collins';  no.  of  children,  67. 

July  27.  This  day  was  observed  as  a  fast  at  Squam,  relative  to  the 
war — to  the  public  affairs  ;  Mr.  Bradstreet  began  with  prayer,  I  preached  ; 
afternoon  Mr.  White  prayed,  Mr.  Rogers  preached. 


EARLY   RECORDS.  45 

Aug.  9.  I  visited  ;  very  dry,  great  drouth.  [Fort  William  and 
Henry  taken  by  the  French  and  Indians.] 

Aug.  13.  I  dined  at  Capt.  Wm.  Stevens;  heard  the  news  that  the 
Fort  at  Lake  George  was  taken  last  Tuesday. 

Aug.  15.  We  had  alarm  gnns  filing  and  drums  beating  to  send  one 
quarter  part  of  militia  to  the  frontier,  invaded  by  French. 

Aug.  18.  I  went  to  Manchester;  fast  there  on  account  of  the  war 
and  drought. 

Aug.  19.  I  went  in  the  morning  to  enquire  into  the  affair  of  the 
apprition  of  Joseph  Saunders ;  I  think  it  to  be  a  chimera. 

Aug.  24.  I  attended  the  fast  at  Mr.  Rogers',  he  began  with  prayer; 
Mr.  Jaques  preached;  afternoon  I  prayed,  Mr.  Bradstreet  preached. 

Aug.  29.  Catechised  at  James  Sawyer's,  about  thirty  children;  vis- 
ited at  the  Cove,  dined  at  Mr.  Coward's. 

Aug.  30.  I  visited  at  the  fort  of  Eastern  Point ;  dined  at  Joseph 
Sayward's,  spent  the  evening  and  supped  at  Mr.  Thos.  Sanders'.  Mr. 
Smith  there.  [Probably  Rev.  Thomas  Smith  of  Falmouth,  Me.,  father 
of  Mrs.  Sanders.] 

Aug.  31.     I  dined  at  Capt.  Sanders';  Mr.  White,  Mr.  Smith,  &c. 

Sept.  10.     I  visited  deacon  Jeremiah  Parsons,  sick  of  a  fever. 

Sept.  25.  I  preached;  after  meeting  I  was  sent  for  to  visit  Peter 
Savery's  infant,  dying.  I  prayed  there;  a  little  after  I  was  in  bed, 
about  ten  o'clock,  I  was  sent  for  to  visit  Deacon  Jeremiah  Parsons,  dy- 
ing ;  he  was  sensible  to  the  last,  tho'  broken  in  his  speech  ;  much  in  the 
dark,  tho'  his  desires  were  enlarged  after  discoveries  of  the  Love  of 
God  ;  he  died  about  one  o'clock  :  I  came  home  after  2  o'clock.  [Deacon 
Jeremiah  Parsons  lived  at  the  Farms.  He  was  a  grandson  of  Jeffrey, 
the  first  settler  of  that  name,  and  Avas  about  60  years  old  when  he  died.] 

Sept.  27.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Deacon  Jeremiah  Parsons. 

Sept.  28.  I  visited  some  sick  at  Fresh  Water  Cove  :  and  visited  the 
neighborhood  about  Capt.  Honnors'. 

Oct.  2.     Catechised  at  Capt.  Coos',  about  35  children. 

Oct.  7.     Sent  for  to  Mr.  Hidden,  dangerously  ill. 

Oct.  9.  I  preached  :  inthe  evening  sent  for  to  Mr.  Hiddon's  ;  his 
wife  very  dangerous,  prayed  there,  and  again  with  a  child  of  Danl.  Smith. 

Oct.  17.  I  visited  at  Eastern  Point:  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs. 
Hidden. 

Oct.  19.     Fast,  on  account  of  the  public  affairs. 

Oct.  26.  I  studied  ;  read  Dr.  Taylor  on  original  sin  ;  his  argument 
and  illustrations  illusive. 


46  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

Oct.  29.  I  was  sent  for  to  Thos.  Hogdon,  his  wife  had  a  wen  cut 
out  upon  upper  part  of  her  left  breast ;  it  had  been  cut  twice  before,  but 
now  all  taken  out. 

Nov.  1.     In  the  evening  preached  at  Constantine  Joslin's. 

Nov.  8.     I  visited  in  the  Harbour ;  my  wife  made  sausages. 

Nov.  17.  Thanksgiving;  preached  Ps.  xxx.  8.  I  was  about  three 
hours  in  the  exercise ;  we  had  a  plentiful  table,  in  good  order,  in  peace 
and  quietness.  In  the  evening  I  married  Jonathan  Rowe  and  Alice 
Hoole. 

Nov.  30.  Monthly  Fast  at  the  Cape ;  Mr.  Cleveland  prayed,  I 
preached  ;  afternoon  Mr.  White  prayed,  Mr.  Rogers  preached ;  very 
pleasant  for  the  season. 

March  6,  1758.  Capt.  Somes  and  son  shot  by  accident ;  I  visited  and 
prayed. 

March  8.  Afternoon  at  Capt.  Somes',  his  son's  leg  cut  off  above  the 
knee. 

March  11.     Capt.  Somes'  son  died  yesterday,  buried  to-day. 

March  16.  Elder  Groverand  Madam  Stevens  married  by  Mr.  White. 
[A  very  uncommon  matrimonial  ceremony,  each  of  the  parties  being  up- 
wards of  eighty  years  of  age.] 

March  23.  Afternoon,  at  Elder  Grover's  ;  in  the  Harbour  ;  their  chil- 
dren together  ;  in  the  evening  married  Saml.  Witham  and  Elizabeth 
Higgins.  TA  daughter  bv  this  marriage — Deborah,  born,  as  she  said, 
Oct.  4,  1 7 (3(5,  and  baptized,  according  to  the  First  Chinch  Records, 
Oct.  12,  same  year,  died  April  12,  1868  ;  the  only  known  centenarian 
of  Gloucester  birth.] 

March  30.     I  married  Dr.  Saml.  Houghton  and  Mary  Warner. 

April  3.  Some  think  they  heard  an  Earthquake  about  eight  o'clock 
in  the  evening;  the  people  very  busy  fitting  out,  the  Embargo  being 
taken  off  the  ti.-hery. 

April  10.  Capt.  Babson  arrived  from  Lisbon ;  John  has  been  with 
him  this  voyage  ;  returned  in  good  health. 

April  13.  Training  day;  I  attended  the  funeral  of  David  IngersoH's 
wife  ;  married  Abraham  Sawyer  and  Mary  Say  ward  at  Mrs.  Wheeler's 
— good  deal  of  company. 

April  19.  Monthly  Fast  at  the  Cape  ;  Mr.  Cleveland  began,  Mr. 
Bradstreet  preached  ;  afternoon  Mr.  White  prayed,  Mr.  Rogers  preached. 

April  23.     The  transports  sailed  for  Halifax. 

April  26.  I  attended  the  society  for  prayer — particular  case  Mr. 
White's  son  in  a  consumption,  and  fear  whether  prepared  for  death. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  47 

April  30.  I  preached  ;  after  meeting  sent  for  to  Eastern  Point ;  vis- 
ited and  prayed  at  B.  Averill's  ;  at  Josiah  IngersolPs. 

Feb.  1,  1759.  I  went  to  bed  at  eleven;  at  20  m.  after  two  o'clock 
was  a  shock  of  an  earthquake ;  at  first  a  sudden  jar,  then  abated  a  little 
and  there  came  in  gradually  to  second  pretty  loud  and  pretty  great 
shock. 

Feb.  10.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Richard  Grover. 

Feb.  21.  I  went  to  Eastern  Point  to  distribute  the  portions  of  the 
charity  to  the  poor. 

March  2.  Visited  Mr.  White  ;  he  is  very  feeble  ;  low  in  spirits  and 
much  broken. 

March  8.  Mr.  Bailey  preached  the  school  Lect.  in  the  school  house. 
[Jacob  Bailey  taught  the  grammar  school  in  Gloucester  about  a  year 
and  a  half.  He  became  an  Episcopal  minister,  and  in  the  Revolution 
went  to  Annapolis,  N.  S.,  where  he  died  July  26,  1808.] 

March  9.  I  studied  ;  called  out  at  night  to  Joseph  McFedrix,  in  con- 
vulsion fits  ;  I  was  there  till  12. 

March  11.  Mr.  White  got  to  meeting,  after  six  or  seven  weeks  con- 
finement. 

March  15.  I  went  over  in  the  evening  by  water  to  Josiah  Ingersol's  ; 
married  David  Pearce  and  Bethiah  Ingersol. 

March  17.  I  studied  and  visited  ;  prayed  with  several  sick  persons — 
Joseph  Fedrix,  Mrs.  Rogers  and  Mrs.  Perkins,  all  in  a  dangerous  state. 

March  48.  Visited  Joseph  Fedrix,  very  nigh  death,  and  Mrs.  Per- 
kins.    Visited  and  prayed  with  Mrs.  Rogers. 

March  20.     Joseph  Fedrix  died. 

March  23.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Perkins.  [She  was  a 
daughter  of  Capt.  Andrew  Robinson,  a  famous  man  in  the  town  in  the 
last  century.  Mrs.  Perkins  kept  a  tavern  on  Front  Street  many  years, 
and  was  blind  in  the  latter  part  of  her  life.] 

April  14.  Association  Fast  at  the  Harbour;  I  began  with  prayer; 
Mr.  Jaques  preached ;  afternoon  Mr.  Bradstreet  prayed,  Mr.  Smith  of 
Marlboro,  preached  ;  we  supped  at  Mr.  Whittemore's. 

May  1.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Rogers.  [Wife  of  Timothy 
Rogers  ,  merchant,  brother  of  Rev.  John  Rogers,  minister  of  the  Fourth 
Parish.] 

May  14.     Married  Capt.  William  Dolliver  and  Abigail   Sanders. 

May  20.  I  was  not  able  to  speak  ;  got  Mr.  Bailey,  schoolmaster,  to 
change  with  Mr.  Jaques ;  he  came  and  preached,  prayed  at  the  sacra- 
ment   and  baptized. 


48  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

May  21.  I  was  very  much  not  well  but  visited  about  18  persons  sick 
with  the  measles. 

May  25.     Planted  potatoes  behind  the  meeting  house. 

May  30.     I  dined  at  Mrs.  Comerferd's  ;  Roast  Goose  at  Home. 

June  14.  I  was  called  up  at  4  o'clock  to  go  to  Mr.  Young's  ;  he  is 
near  eternity. 

Sept.  2.  I  preached  Gen.  vi.  3  ;  I  was  enlarged  in  the  exercise  of  the 
day,  spoke  with  freedom,  but  being  feeble  nature  language  bad  ;  I  could 
scarce  hold  up  in  the  evening;  visited  Mary  Pierce,  whom  I  found  in  a 
dying  posture  ;  after,  visited  Capt.  Babson,  very  dangerous,  near  death  ; 
I  came  borne  and  went  to  bed  ill ;  about  2  o'clock,  they  sent  for  me  to 
Capt.  Babson;  I  sent  word  I  was  ill  and  unable,  but  by  their  repeated 
opportunity,  considering  the  distress  of  the  family,  I  rose  and  went; 
while  I  was  attempting  to  pray  with  him  I  fainted  away  ;  I  came  home 
about  4,  left  him  dying  ;  his  wife  very  ill ;  Molly  Pierce  and  Capt.  Bab- 
son both  died  about  6  o'elock. 

Sept.  24.     I  catechised  at   Edward  Collins'  ;  75  children. 

Sept.  28.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Win,  Sawyer. 

Oct.  12.  Great  rejoicing;  illumination;  firing  of  cannon  here  on 
account  of  the  reduction  of  Quebec. 

Oct.  15.  Catechised  the  children  at  Eastern  Point;  but  very  few 
by  reason  of  the  rain  ;  Had  a  hog  killed. 

Nov.  6.  I  visited  at  Eastern  Point,  further  end  ;  married  Daniel  Rog- 
ers and  Elizabeth  Gorham. 

Nov.  27.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  widow  Hannah  Babson  and  vis- 
ited the  sick. 

Nov.  29.  Annual  Provinciall  Thanksgiving;  I  preached  Isai.  ix.  6, 
wonderful ;  (printed).  I  was  about  an  hour  in  sermon  ;  had  some  great 
trials  in  the  morning. 

Dec.  5.     Sent  for  to  Eastern  Point ;  Eben  Tarbox's  wife  in  fits. 

Dec.  8.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Eben  Tarbox's  wife. 

Dec.  9.     I  preached  Hebrew  ii.  11.     Mr.  White  last  at  meeting. 

Dec.  22.     I  attended  a  funeral — Michael  Webber. 

Dec.  26.  Monthly  Thanksgiving  at  Mr.  Rogers';  he  began  with 
prayer  ;  I  preached  ;  Mr.  White  present.  [Mr.  Chandler's  journal  con- 
tains no  entry  in  the  month  of  January,  1760.  On  the  16th  of  that 
month  Rev.  John  White,  senior  pastor  of  the  First  Church,  died,  in 
the  83d  year  of  his  age,  and  the  58th  year  of  his  ministry.] 

Feb.  3,  1760.  I  changed  with  Mr.  Jaques  ;  he  preached  here,  funer- 
al sermon,  2  Kings  ii.  12. 


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Feb.  9.  I  set  out  upon  an  agreement  to  change  with  Mr.  Wiggles- 
worth  (minister  of  Ipswich)  a  bearer  to  Mr.  White;  we  appointed  to 
meet  at  Mr.  Porter's,  where  I  tarried  to  sunset  and  heard  nothing  from 
him.     I  returned  home. 

April  11.     I  visited  Jera.  Parsons,  dangerously  sick  of  a  fever. 

April  13.  I  preached  all  day  ;  we  had  a  contribution  for  the  poor  of 
Boston  reduced  by  the  late  wasting  fire;  collected  about  £280. 

April  14.  I  visited  and  prayed  in  several  families,  and  attended  the 
funeral  of  Jeremiah  Parsons. 

April  21.      Visited  Joseph  Say  ward's ;  his  daughter  Bettie  died. 

April  23.  Visited  and  attended  the  funeral ;  prayed  in  several  fam- 
ilies, and  at  the  family  meeting  in  the  evening  at  Mrs.  White's. 

April  29.     Visited  Nathl.  Simes,  dangerously  sick. 

Ma}r  7.  I  preached  at  Mr.  Comerford's  ;  his  wife  dangerously  sick 
with  consumption. 

May  12.  Visited  sick,  Mrs.  Comer  ford  and  Mrs.  Hogdon,  both  dan- 
gerously ill,  consumption. 

May  16.  John  [his  son]  went  to  Marblehead  and  shipped  in  the 
Stork,  Capt.  Foster;  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Hogdon.  This 
morning  James  Sawyer  fell  into  a  kettle  of  pitch  they  were  going  to 
graving ;  supposed  to  be  in  a  fit ;  scalded  and  burnt  so  that  he  died  in 
about  twenty  hours. 

May  18.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  James  Sawyer. 

May  19.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Comerford. 

May  27.     I  catechised  the  children  in  the  meeting  house,  about  100. 

June  9.       I  attended  the  funeral  of  Robert  Stewart. 

June  16.  Abraham  Sawyer's  house  raised  in  the  forenoon,  Mr.  Whit- 
temore's  house  raised  in  the  afternoon. 

July  23.  I  took  a  sail  with  Col.  Stevens,  Mr.  Witham,  Wm.  Somes, 
Peter  Severy,  skipper ;  we  caught  about  200  ground  fish,  mostly  cod, 
and  near  300  mackerel ;  went  out  about  5  in  the  morning,  got  in  about 
7  or  8  in  the  evening. 

Oct.  3.  I  went  up  to  Deacon  Stacy's,  to  desire  him  to  withdraw 
from  the  sacrament. 

Oct.  5.  I  preached  and  administered  the  sacrament ;  a  disturbance 
by  Deacon  Stacy. 

Oct.  9.  The  elders  met;  Deacon  Stacy  present,  but  own  but  little. 
I  preached  ;  Thanksgiving  for  the  Reduction  of  Canada. 

Oct.  18.     Attended  the  funeral  of  Capt.  Curney. 
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50  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Jan.  9,  1761.  We  were  alarmed  this  week  by  the  small-pox  in  the 
Harbour ;  a  child  of  Pool's  was  supposed  to  have  it ;  the  family  moved 
up  to  Boston  Pest  House. 

Jan.  12.     I  preached  a  sermon  the  death  of  the  King  (George  II). 

Jan.  13.  An  exceedingly  cold  day;  the  harbour  is  froze  all  up  be- 
yond Mr.  Woodward's  point. 

Jan.  24.     Widow  Ellery  has  the  small-pox. 

Jan.  26.     I  killed  my  three  swines  ;  preparing  to  move. 

Jan.  27.  We  moved  upon  account  of  small-pox  at  widow  Ellery's 
to  Capt.  Parsons',  over  the  Cut. 

Feb.  9.     I  was  at  home  A.  M.  ;  afternoon  we  moved  home. 

March  10.  Parish  Meeting;  afternoon  John  came  in,  passenger  in 
Capt.  Jacob  Allen.  He  had  been  taken  by  the  French,  and  been  prest 
on  board  the  man-of-war ;  was  on  board  about  six  weeks  and  at  last  left 
her  and  swam  to  shore. 

March  11.  At  half  an  hour  past  two  o'clock  at  night  there  was  a 
meat  shock  of  an  earthquake  ;  a  very  loud  rumbling  and  much  shaking, 
till  all  got  up ;  I  was  sent  for  to  Mrs.  S.  who  had  the  women  with  her ; 
much  surprised ;  I  prayed  there ;  went  to  bed  at  4  o'clock. 

March  19.  I  went  to  Squam  to  see  Mr.  Bradstreet,  very  feeble,  very 
paralytic. 

April  20.  I  married  Samuel  Sayward  and  Susannah  Lord  at  Capt. 
Foster's. 

May  4.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Deacon  Stacy's  wife. 

May  26.  I  catechised  the  children  aty  the  meeting  house  ;  30  males 
at  2  o'clock,  28  females  at  3. 

May  30.  I  was  called  up  soon  after  4  o'clock  to  go  to  Capt.  Ellery, 
sick  ;  he  died  before  I  got  there. 

June  8.  I  went  to  Squam  to  see  Mr.  Bradstreet,  who  has  convulsion 
.fits  ;  he  preached  yesterday  ;  taken  last  night,  we  hope  of  his  life. 

June  11.     I  went  to  see  Mr.  Bradstreet;  a  little  revived. 

June  12.  Studied  and  visited  the  sick;  Evan  Williams  dangerous  ; 
supped  at  Joseph  Sanders'  on  fresh  mackerel. 

June  13.     Visited  the  sick;  Evan  Williams  died. 

June  20.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Joseph  dough's  wife. 

July  3.  I  went  to  Squam  to  see  Mr.  Bradstreet,  who  remains  weak 
and  feeble  in  body  and  mind. 

July  14.  This  day,  by  the  appointment  of  our  Church,  was  set 
apart   for  humiliation,  fasting  and   prayer,  on  account  of  the  drought; 


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I  began  with  prayer,  Mr.  Rogers  preached  ;  afternoon  Mr.  Cleveland 
prayed,  I  preached  ;  after  meeting  I  visited  some  sick  at  the  head  of  the 
Harbour. 

July  20.  This  day  was  a  Fast  at  Sqnam,  partly  on  account  of  the 
drought  and  partly  on  account  of  Bradstreet,  who  is  in  a  feeble  state 
of  health,  but  got  out  to  meeting  ;  Mr.  Eben.  Cleveland  began  with  prayer 
Mr.  Jaques  preached  ;  afternoon,  I  prayed,  Mr.  John  Cleveland  (of 
Chebacco  Parish,  Ipswich)  preached. 

July  21.  I  was  called  up  at  12  o'clock  to  Mrs.  Wheeler's;  she  was 
dying  ;  I  tarried  till  about  two  o'clock  ;  she  died  before  daylight. 

July  28.     Fast  at  Mr.  Jaques'. 

July  31.     Fast  up  in  town,  at  Mr.  Rogers'. 

August  3.  Afternoon  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Lydia,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Parsons,  who  died  of  a  consumption  ;  very  hopefully — gave 
good  evidence  of  her  hope. 

Aug.  4.  I  visited  over  the  Cut ;  several  sick  :  then  went  round  by 
Varrell's  to  John  Millets',  and  came  along  to  Mr.  Grover's  ;  prayed  there 
with  some  sick  ;  then  preached  at  Wm.  Moore's;  his  wife  long  confined 
and  near  her  end  ;  afterwards  catechised  the  children  at  Mrs.  Davis", 
about  36  :  came  home  pretty  much  wearied. 

Aug.  6.  I  visited  some  sick,  and  married  William  Preston  and  Ab- 
igail Sargent. 

Aug.  18.     1  catechised  the  children  at  Capt.  Coas  ;  50,  32. 

Aug.  28.  I  went  to  Sqnam  to  see  Mrs.  Merchant,  dangerously  ill  of 
consumption  ;  she  is  apprehensive  of  danger ;  is  earnest  in  desiring  and 
seeking. 

Aug.    31.     I  visited  the  sick;  Mr.  Rand  died  in  the  evening. 

Sept.  2.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Saml.  Lane's  wife  and  of  Thom- 
as Rand  ;  both  died  of  nervous  fever. 

Sept.  3.  This  day  was  observed  as  a  day  of  public  Prayer  on  account 
of  the  drought  and  fire,  and  Thanksgiving  for  some  rains.  I  preached  fore- 
noon and  afternoon  ;  pretty  full  meeting. 

Sept.  4.        We  had  a  plentiful  rain  ;  an  easterly  storm. 

Sept.  18.      I  catechised  at  Ebenezer  Collins';  69  children. 

Sept.  27.  I  catechised  at  Elder  John  Parsons',  about  19  or  20  chil- 
dren. 

Oct.  16.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Win,  Moore's  wife. 

Oct.  17.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Daniel  Grover. 

Oct.  23.     I  was  sent   for  over  the  Cut  to  visit  the  sick — Tappin's 


52  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

daughter,  James  Parsons,  widow  Joslin,  all  sick  ;  prayed  at  each  house  ; 
at  12  o'clock  at  night  the  steeple  of  the  Meeting-house  fell  by  the  wind. 

Oct.  30.  Fine,  warm  day  ;  I  went  to  see  Mr.  Bradstreet,  who  is  fee- 
ble in  body  and  mind  ;  his  fits  have  enfeebled  his  faculties  ;  visited 
Leoned  Merchant,  in  a  consumption  ;  visited  Mrs.  Davis,  widow  of  James 
Davis,  very  low,  but  in  a  composed  frame  of  mind,  resigned  and  patient. 

Nov.  1.  At  night  was  an  earthquake  ;  something  loud  and  pretty 
long;  about  half  an  hour  after  was  another;  not  quite  so  loud,  but 
long. 

Nov.  3.  I  went  to  Squam  ;  preached  Mr.  Bradstreet's  Lect.  ;  Ezek- 
iel  Woodward  in  company  ;  I  had  much  conversation  with  him  on  spirit- 
ual things. 

Nov.  18.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  James  Parsons. 

Dec.  5.  In  the  night  an  exceedingly  hard  southerly  wind,  which  did 
much  damage  to  the  shipping  ;  a  ship  was  drove  ashore  on  the  beach  this 
side  of  the  Cut ;  3  or  4    schooners  drove  ashore. 

Dec.  10.  Married  James  Rowe  and  Elizabeth  Sanders  ;  I  visited  the 
sick  ;  in  the  evening  about  9  o'clock  was  sent  for  to  see  Joseph  Sanders  ; 
talked  with  him  sometime,  and  prayed,  after  which  he  fell  into  a  deliri- 
um ;  to  a  high  degree  distracted ;  it  took  six  men  to  keep  him  in  bed  ; 
I  came  home  about  ten  o'clock  in  the  mornino-. 

Dec.  13.  Visited  Joseph  Sanders  in  the  evening,  and  prayed  with 
him  ;  he  is  more  composed. 

Dec.  18.  I  was  called  up  just  after  daybreak  to  see  old  Mrs.  Sanders, 
very  ill. 

Dec.  23.  1  was  called  up  early  to  see  Joseph  Sanders  ;  found  him 
dying ;  he  died  about  8  o'clock.  I  supped  with  Mr.  Pierce,  on  venison, 
at  his  lodgings  at  Mrs.  Haskell's.  [Mr.  Pierce  was  teacher  of  the  gram- 
mar school;  afterwards  Rev.  Thomas  Pierce,  of  Scarborough,  Me.] 

Dec.  27.  After  meeting  sent  for  over  the  Cut  to  see  Sam'l.  Parsons, 
very  weak  and  low  and  dangerous  ;  in  the  evening  sent  for  to  see  Abra- 
ham, an  aged  negro  of  Capt.  Stevens,  dangerously  ill. 

Dec.  29.     Went  to  see  Abraham — very  ill  with  the  dropsy. 

Dec.  30.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Samuel  Parsons. 

January  1,  1762.  Very  cold  ;  visited  at  Capt.  Thomas  Sanders';  had 
much  free  conversation  with  him  ;  he  is  inclined  to  come  to  communion 
and  Baptism  ;  in  the  evening  at  Capt.  Stevens',  supped  there  ;  Abraham 
very  ill. 

Jan.  2.      Exceedingly  cold  ;  went  again  to  Capt.   Sanders':  wrote  his 


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relation  ;  Discourse  with  two  persons  who  are  about  to  own  the  Cove- 
nant. 

Jan.  4.  I  was  at  home  ;  spent  the  evening  at  Capt.  Rogers' ;  I  supped 
there  ;  Mr.  Isaac  Smith  from  Boston. 

Jan.  7.  Very  warm  ;  I  finished  my  lire-place  in  ye  study  ;  I  dined  at 
Mr.  Danl.  Rogers';  Mr.  Smith  and  Mr.  Rogers  there;  visited  some 
sick;  Mrs.  Stanwood  declining. 

Jan.  8.  I  visited  the  sick  ;  Mrs.  Messervey  declining ;  Mr.  Mecom 
very  low. 

Jan.  10.  Pretty  cold;  snowy  day;  I  preached;  Isai.  lxiii.  10.  Sin 
makes  God  our  enemy,  &c.  ;  afternoon  Rom.  v.  1  :  We  have  power,  &c, 
and  a  mediator ;  I  had  great  freedom  of  mind  ;  delivered  much  extem- 
pore ;  in  the  evening  visited  Mrs.  Messervey  and  at  Capt.  Stevens. 

Jan.  11.  I  was  at  home  ;  busied  about  killing  hogs  ;  cut  up  and  salt- 
ed pork. 

Jan.  12.  Visited  the  sick  and  poor  at  Eastern  Point  ;  in  the  evening 
I  was  at  Deacon  Woodward's. 

Jan.  13.  I  visited  in  the  Harbour,  afternoon  ;  in  the  evening  I  was 
at  the  Family  meeting  at  Dr.  Witham's. 

Jan.  14.  Afternoon  I  visited  the  sick  at  the  Harbour — Mecom  and 
Messerve  ;  I  supped  at  Capt.  Win.  Dolliver's. 

Jan.  15.  I  was  at  home  ;  very  warm  weather;  I  visited  in  the  even- 
ing at  Mr.  Whittemore's. 

Jan.  16.     I  dined  at  Capt.  Sanders';  very  warm  spring-like  weather. 

Jan.  17.  I  preached  Ps.  c.  3  ;  1  went  to  bed  not  well  ;  called  for  in 
the  night  but  could  not  go  to  see  Mr.  Mecom,  who  died  about  5 
o'clock. 

Jan.  18.  In  the  morning  sent  for  to  Capt.  Stevens  ;  Abram  very  ill  ; 
I  prayed  there  and  went  to  breakfast  there  ;  then  visited  Mrs.  Mecom, 
her  husband  died  last  night ;  prayed  there  ;  then  went  to  the  Farms  to 
see  Eben.  Witham's  wife,  sick,  prayed  there  ;  then  visited  at  Zeb.  With- 
am's ;  his  wife  long  confinement ;  then  visited  Capt.  Collin's  wife,  he  in 
captivity ;  came  home  and  dined  at  3  o'clock,  and  went  over  the  Cut  to 
see  Hannah  Parsons,  sick,  prayed  there  ;  then  went  to  widow  Ruth  Par- 
sons', sick,  prayed  there,  and  then  went  to  Capt.  Parsons',  spent  the 
evening  and  supped  there  and  came  home  at  nine  o'clock. 

Jan.  21.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Eben.  Mecom. 

Jan.  24.  I  was  at  home  in  study,  but  not  well  ;  bought  about  6  lbs. 
of  beef  of  Russ,  at  3d  per  pound. 


54  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Jan.  24.  I  preached,  Ps.  xcvi.  9.  ;  after  meeting  I  went  to  Capt. 
Stevens',  prayed  at  the  funeral  of  Abraham. 

Feb.  19.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  widow  Andrews. 
March  7.     I  preached  :  James  i.  25  ;  near  the  close  of  the  sermon  B. 
Boynton  was  taken  with  a  tit  and  died  instantly. 

March  10.     Attended  the  funeral  of  Benj.  Boynton  ;  the  winter  holds 
very  hard  ;  much  snow  and  cold  ;  severe. 
March  10.     I  visited  Capt.   Gibbs,  very  ill. 

March  20.  J  dined  at  Capt.  Winthrop  Sargent's  ;  visited  Capt.  Gibbs, 
dangerous. 

March  21.  I  preached  ;  after  meeting  I  was  sent  for  to  Capt.  Gibbs  : 
found  him  dying;  I  attended  him  till  he  died,  about  8  o'clock  in  the 
evening. 

March  23.  I  visited  Mrs.  Stauwood,  dangerously  sick,  consumption  ; 
attended  the  funeral  of  Daniel  Gibbs,  Esq.  ;  I  spent  the  evening  at  Mr. 
Whittemore's  with  Mr.  Livermore. 

March  25.  I  visited  over  the  Cut  and  dined  at  Deacon  Parson's  ;  at- 
tended the  funeral  of  widow  Stauwood. 

March  31.  I  visited  at  Joseph  Sargent's;  dined  at  home;  visited 
Madam  Gibbs;  attended  the- Family  Meeting  at  Deacon  Warner's;  my 
wife  there  ;  we  talked  over  the  affair  of  having  our  friends  come  to  see 
us  and  make  a  friendly  visit;  appointed  next  Wednesday. 

April  4.  I  preached ;  after  meeting  attended  the  funeral  of  old  Mrs. 
El  well,  who  lived  to  see  grand-children  of  one  of  her  grand-children. 

April  11.  I  preached  ;  after  meeting  visited  Capt.  Williams,  a  stran- 
ger, at  Mrs.  Brown's,  who  was  dying. 

May  3.  I  dined  at  Capt.  Epes  Sargent's;  spent  the  afternoon  in 
prayer  ;  at  Deacon  Grover's  a  number  on  account  of  his  daughter  Thank- 
ful, in  distress,  fear  she  has  committed  the  unpardonable. 

May  6.  In  the  evening  attended  the  singing  school  at  Mr.  Whitte- 
more's. 

May  7.  Called  up  at  5  o'clock  ;  Mr.  Dane's  child  died;  visited  at 
Deacon  Grover's  ;  his  daughter  remains  still  under  fearful  apprehen- 
sions. 

May  24.     I  visited  Elder  Parsons,  very  weak  and  low. 
May  28.     I  visited  over  the  Cut;  Elder  Parsons  dangerous  :  after  I 
came  home  visited  Anna  Wheeler,  very  weak  and  declining. 

May  31.  Fine,  warm  pleasant  morn;  Mr.  Bradstreet  died  at  Dan- 
vers. 


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June  3.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Bradstreet;  the  bearers  were 
Mr.  Jewett,  Mr.  Walley,  Mr.  Moses  Parsons,  Mr.  Eben  Cleveland,  Mr. 
Rogers  and  myself;  Mr.  Jewett  prayed  ;  I  spoke  at  the  grave. 

June  4.  I  visited  some  sick,  and  dined  with  some  ministers  at  Capt. 
Stevens'. 

June  5.  I  was  not  very  well,  but  attended  the  death  of  Hannah,  child 
of  Hubbard  Haskell. 

June  9.  I  visited  the  sick,  Elder  Parsons  and  John  Parsons,  both 
very  low,  declining  and  dangerous  ;  widow  Dunam  and  Joseph  Brown's 
wife,  weak  and  low. 

June  10.  I  visited  the  sick  ;  Saml.  Randall  very  ill ;  Abigail  Robin- 
son, in  a  consumption,  and  Anna  Wheeler  drawing  near  the  close  of 
life. 

June  11.  Visited  Anna  Wheeler;  she  died  about  12  o'clock;  after- 
noon I  was  sent  for  to  Squam  to  see  Mrs.  Woodbury,  sick  of  a  con- 
sumption. 

July  1.  I  visited  some  sick  ;  Abigail  Robinson  dangerous  ;  and  Saml. 
Randall  very  ill. 

July  4.  After  meeting  I  was  called  to  go  to  see  Thankful  Grover, 
under  great  exercise  of  mind  ;   I  prayed  with  her. 

July  7.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Nehemiah  Elwell  and  wife  of  Ben- 
jamin Somes. 

July  17.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  John  Parsons. 

Aug.  7.  Capt.  Newhall  sailed  for  Lisbon  ;  John  is  with  him  ;  I  took 
a  sail  with  them  ;  tine,  fresh,  westerly  wind  ;  they  got  round  the  point 
just  after  dark. 

Aug.  17.     Catechised  the  children  at  Eb.  Collins';  about  70. 

Aug.  22.     After  meeting  attended  the  funeral  of  Saml.  Randall. 

Sept.  6.  I  visited  at  the  Farms  ;  dined  at  Jonathan  Rowe's  ;  spent 
the  evening  at  Capt.  Collins';  supped  there. 

Sept.  7.  I  visited  at  Eastern  Point;  catechised  at  Capt.  Coas  ;  38 
children. 

Sept.  24.  I  visited  one  Rolfe  who  came  from  sea  ;  dangerously  sick  ; 
he  died  in  the  evening. 

Sept.  28.  I  catechised  at  the  widow  Davis  at  the  Cove;  34  chil- 
dren. 

Sept.  29.  I  studied  ;  began  a  sermon  for  thanksgiving  ;  visited  Mrs. 
Winter,  sick. 

Oct.  9.     This  Day  appointed  a  Day  of  Thanksgiving  for  success  in 


56  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

war  ;  particularly  the  repulse  of  the  French  in  Germany  by  Prince 
Ferdinand,  and  especially  the  reduction  of  the  Havanah  in  the  Island 
of  Cuba. 

Oct.  17.  I  preached  Rom.  v.  9,  latter  clause;  all  by  nature  under 
wrath,  sure  and  sure. 

Oct.  30.  I  was  sent  for  to  see  Madame  White,  she  is  at  Squam  ; 
very  feeble  and  declining,  under  conflicts. 

Nov.  23.     I  married  Isaac  Somes  and  Hannah  Davis. 

Nov.  29.  I  went  over  to  Deacon  Haskell's  and  attended  the  wed- 
ding in  the  evening,  of  Mr.  Thomas  Pierce  and  Mrs.  Anna  Haskell  ;  I 
began  with  prayer,  Mr.  Jaques  married  them,  and  Mr.  John  Cleveland 
made  the  last  prayer.     I  came  home  about  11  o'clock. 

Dec.  9.  Thanksgiving  ;  very  warm  day  ;  married  William  Moor  and 
Sarah  Pulcifer. 

Dec.  10.  The  weather  so  warm  I  sat  in  my  study  with  the  window 
open  all  day. 

Dec.  12.  I  preached  ;  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Cane,  of  Kittery, 
who  came  here  to  her  sick  son. 

Jan.  27,  1763.  I  went  to  Squam  on  foot  to  attend  the  funeral  of 
Madam  White  ;  it  was  very  bad  walking,  deep  snow  ;  we  went  down  on 
the  ice  from  the  Mills,  and  over  the  point  of  land  ;  I  came  home,  supped 
at  Mr.  John  Rogers'  by  the  way. 

Jan.  31.  I  visited  went  over  the  upper  cove  on  the  ice,  from  Deacon 
Grover's  to  Mr.  Aairs,  to  see  the  sick,  and  then  round  by  the  head  of 
the  harbor  and  home. 

June  4.     I  was  at  home  ;  but  attended  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Winter. 

July  5.  I  preached  all  day  ;  Mr.  Smith,  of  Falmouth,  at  meeting  all 
day,  but  could  not  be  persuaded  to  help  me. 

July  7.  1  preached  at  the  widow  Ruth  Parsons' ;  it  was  very  hot ; 
I  was  almost  overcome  with  the  heat,  preaching  in  a  hot  room. 

July  10.  I  preached  ;  at  8  o'clock  went  to  Danl.  Elwell's  and  mar- 
ried William  Stevens  and  widow  Dorcas  Patch. 

July  15.     Attended  the  funeral  of  Mr.  John  Witt. 

July  20.  I  took  a  sail  with  Elder  Warner,  Hubbard  Haskell,  Capt. 
Foster  &c.,  about  the  harbor;  went  on  to  Ten  Pound  Island  and  fried 
some  fish. 

[During  August  and  September,  1763,  Mr.  Chandler  seems  to  have 
been  almost  constantly  occupied  in  visiting  the  sick.  A  nervous  fever 
prevailed  at  that  time;  of  which  several  died,  among  whom  was  Capt. 


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Hounors  at  Kettle  Cove,  on  the  7th  of  Sept.  ;  on  the  24th.  he  writes — "I 
am  full  of  business  among  the  sick."] 

Sept.  25.  I  was  called  up  about  sunrise  to  go  to  Mr.  Collins' ;  found 
him  in  a  dying  posture,  insensible  ;  returned  home  and  set  out  for  Man- 
chester on  a  change  with  Mr.  Tappan. 

Sept.  26.     I  visited  the  sick  ;   William  Stevens,  dangerous. 

Sept.  27.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Ebenezer  Collins  ;  William  Ste- 
vens died. 

Sept.  29.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  .William  Stevens  Jim.,  son  of 
William  Stevens,  Esq.,  who  died  of  a  nervous  fever  after  about  eight 
days  illness,  aged  26  years. 

Oct.  3.  I  visited  at  Eastern  Point  and  catechised  at  Capt.  Coos',  42 
children. 

Nov.  19.     I  went  to  Chelsea  to  change  with  Mr.  Cleveland. 

Nov.  20.  I  preached  at  Chebacco  at  Mr.  Cleveland's  ;  very  good  at- 
tention given  ;  I  came  home  and  attended  an  evening  sermon,  Mr. 
Cleveland  preached  in  the  Meeting  House,  Matthew  xxii.  5.  They  made 
light  of  it. 

Dec.  12.     I  was  at  home  ;     made  candles,  30  pounds. 

Dec.  20.  Exceedingly  cold;  1  went  to  Eastern  Point  to  see  Mr. 
Coas,  sick,  stupefied. 

Dec.  23.  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Elder  Ebenezer  Parsons,  aged 
83. 

Jan.  1,  1764.  I  preached  Ps.  lxvi.  7,  8,  9;  the  power  and  provi- 
dence of  God,  governing  and  upholding  all  things  and  preserving  life  ; 
aTternoon,  our  duty  not  to  exalt  ourselves  but  the  Lord. 

Jan.  3.  I  went  to  Eastern  Point  to  see  Mrs.  Coas;  he  is  dead  ;  his 
daughter  dangerous,  in  travil. 

Jan.  4.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Wm.  Coas;  very  cold. 

Jan.  5.-  I  was  at  home  all  day,  excepting  that  I  dined  at  Hubbard 
Haskell's;  his  daughter  and  a  kinsman  have  been  to  Chebaco  where 
there  are  remarkable  commotions  in  many  minds,  and  themselves  have 
been  awakened  and  now  comforted. 

Jan.  6.  At  the  desire  of  Wm.  Haskell  and  family,  I  preached  there 
this  evening  ;  a  great  throng  of  people  :  crowded  ;  I  preached  with  much 
freedom  ;  several  persons  under  concern. 

Jan.  6.  Several  little  children  came  to  see  me  under  some  awaken- 
ing ;   I  discoursed  and  gave  them  counsel. 

Jan.  9.     Sarah  Emmons  came  home  from  Chebacco  under  great  con- 


58  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

victions,  in  great  distress  ;  I  discoursed  for  near  an  hour  and  prayed  ; 
she  seems  to  be  earnest  in  her  desires  for  Christ ;  all  her  complaint  was 
— she  was  not  willing — it  was  all  her  own  stubborn  heart  that  would 
not  bow. 

Jan.  10.  She  received  the  G.  V.  gradually,  and  was  full  of  admira- 
tion, adoring  free  grace,  crying — "Lord,  why  was  it  that  I  was  chosen?" 
several  more  young  persons  under  awakening  ;  expressing  their  concern 
by  tears,  and  some  in  words. 

Jan.  11.  Several  young  people  came  in  the  forenoon  to  see  me;  my 
little  son  under  concern  ;  I  dined  at  Capt.  Sanders' ;  in  the  evening  a 
no.  of  young  people  were  here,  all  discoursing  about  spiritual  things ; 
several  have  received  light ;  some  under  conviction. 

Jan.  12.  I  was  busy  in  my  study  till  2  o'clock  ;  Lect.  ;  I  preached, 
had  much  enlargement ;  spoke  with  much  freedom  ;  remarkable  atten- 
tion ;  some  bowing  down  ;  the  Lect.  more  full  than  usual ;  after  meet- 
ing came  in  Peter  Severy,  aged  8  years,  under  convictions ;  soon  after 
came  in  Hubd.  Haskell,  Jr.,  who  has  this  day  received  light;  rejoicing 
with  two  others,  who  have  received  great  light  before. 

Jan.  13.  I  was  at  home,  except  that  I  visited  one  family,  bereaved; 
busy  in  the  study ;  the  latter  part  of  the  evening  I  was  sent  for  to  Mrs. 
Cook's  ;  a  number  of  young  people  had  assembled  ;  were  serious  and 
enquiring  the  way  ;  I  spoke  to  them,  by  way  of  instruction  ;  they  seemed 
all  attention  ;  they  stood  and  seemed  to  drink  in  the  words  spoken  ;  sev- 
eral under  great  concern. 

Jan.  14.  I  was  sent  for  to  visit  Capt.  Newhall,  sick;  towards  even- 
ing several  persons  came  in  ;  one  old  Christian  ;  I  had  very  different 
frames  in  my  study, — sometimes  very  dead  and  dull,  sometimes  a  re- 
viving. 

Jan.  15.  I  rose  at  break  of  day  ;  about  \)  o'clock  news  was  brought 
in  that  the  small-pox  was  in  the  neighborhood  ;  Charles  Glover  has  it; 
several  families  moved  to-day;  I  preached  Christ  the  Saviour  of  the 
world  ;  He  saves  from  sin  ;  just  as  I  came  out  of  meeting  I  was  called 
to  Joseph  Jackson's  ;  prayed  there;  his  child  dangerously  ill;  I  came 
home  ;  I  have  taken  in  a  family  ;  Hubbard  Haskell  has  moved  here  on 
account  of  the  small-pox.  I  preached  P.  M.,  remarkable  attention; 
the  people  seemed  to  drink  in  the  word;  many  seemed  much  affected; 
Alice  Messerve  was  brought  into  light  last  night  as  she  was  seeking 
Christ  in  the  cellar;  very  full  and  darning.  After  meeting  sent  for 
again  to  Joseph  Jackson's;  his  child  dying.     In  the  evening  Mr.  Has- 


EARLY    RECORDS.  59 

kell's  family  and  my  own,  and  some  others,  under  convictions,  were  to- 
gether;  I  discoursed  near  two  hours  with  them,  prayed  and  sang; 
Betty  Parsons  under  gt  convictions,  and  Anna  Haskell. 

Jan.  16.  I  rose  at  daybreak  ;  soon  sent  for  to  go  to  Thomas  San- 
ders' ;  their  child  dying  ;  I  tarried  there  till  after  the  death  ;  came  home, 
went  to  Eastern  Point;  Mrs.  Smith,  aged,  weak  and  declining;  in  the 
evening  about  twenty  young  persons  came  in  ;  I  spoke  to  them  near  an 
hour,  sang  and  prayed  ;  several  of  them  under  great  convictions;  all  of 
them  appear  serious  and  concerned;  afterward  at  10  and  11  o'clock,  our 
young  people  under  the  roof  seem  to  have  a  reviving,  quite  full  ;  I 
sat  up  till  1  o'clock. 

Jan.  17.  I  rose  at  daybreak  ;  spent  the  morning  in  fitting  my  chil- 
dren to  ijo  to  Chebacco  ;  I  preached  at  Chebacco  to  a  lanre  congresa- 
tion  ;  the  House  was  crowded;  marvellous  appearance;  many  under 
conviction  in  great  distress  ;  some  rejoicing  ;  some  in  agonies  for  others' 
souls  ;  they  generally  held  in  till  public  service  was  over,  and  then  be- 
gan to  cry  out,  till  there  was  a  general  noise  through  the  whole;  we 
continued  there  till  near  8  o'clock;  then  we  came  home  at  about  11 
o'clock. 

Jan.  18.  Was  pretty  much  not  well,  but  went  out  towards  evening 
to  the  funeral  of  Joseph  Jackson's  child ;  in  the  evening  in  my  study 
till  12  o'clock. 

Jan.  19.  I  was  up  at  7,  in  my  study  ;  our  Lect.  was  put  by  by  rea- 
son of  the  small  pox;  wind  southerly  made  it  hazardous,  but  people 
coming,  I  preached  at  the  school  house. 

Jan.  21.      Martha  Glover  died  of  the  small  pox. 
Jan.  22.     The  Parish  Committee  and  Selectmen  determined  it  was 
not  safe  to  meet  at  the  meeting  house  as  the  wind  now  is,  on  account  of 
the  small  pox.     I  went  up  in  town  ;  prayed  in  the  forenoon  ;  Mr.  Rog- 
ers preached  ;  afternoon  he  prayed,  T  preached. 

Jan.  24.  Was  a  very  heavy  snow  storm  ;  in  the  evening  Mrs.  Latter, 
who  is  at  present  here  in  Mr.  Haskell's  family,  was  under  great  distress 
of  soul  ;   my  two  daughters  under  conviction  still. 

Jan.  26.  Was  a  Lect.,  which  I  had  notified  last  week,  wherein  I  pre- 
pared to  give  some  account  of  the  remarkable  work  of  God's  Grace,  but 
was  then  put  by  and  had  to-day  ;  I  preached,  John  vi.  29.  This  is  the 
work  of  God  ;  there  was  not  a  great  many  ;  the  travelling  very  difficult  on 
account  of  the  snow,  and  very  cold ;  in  the  evening  I  attended  the  Fam- 
ily meeting  at  Deacon  Woodwards' ;  Thomas  Allen  made  the  first  prayer  ; 


60  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Deacon  Woodward  read  in  Mr.  Allen's  "Almost  a  Christian  ;"  I  closed 
with  prayer;  there  were  several  persons  in  great  distress,  crying  out. 

Jan.  27.  Early  in  the  morning  came  in  Abigail  Davis,  under  deep 
conviction,  in  very  great  distress.  Mr.  Haskell's  family  moved  here, 
who  have  been  here  about  a  fortnight;  in  the  evening  came  in  Nabby 
Davis  ;  seems  to  be  easy,  and  pretends  she  does  believe ;  I  am  doubtful 
of  the  case,  fearing  the  evil  one  is  preventing  some. full  joys,  &c.  ;  I 
went  to  Mrs.  Latter,  in  deep  distress. 

Jan.  28.  Early  this  morning  came  in  Mrs.  Latter;  her  distress  con- 
tinues. 

Jan.  29.  Very  cold;  I  preached;  in  the  evening  came  in  Hannah 
Perkins  under  convictions. 

Jan.  30.  Was  at  home  most  of  the  day;  visited  some  of  the  con- 
victs. 

Jan.  31.  Mr.  Worcester  preached  here,  John  iii.  3  ;  after  meeting 
several  broke  out  with  acclamations  of  joy;  many  under  conviction,  in 
distress ;  in  the  evening  he  preached  at  Mrs.  Cook's  ;  many  were  awak- 
ened ;  some  received  light.  [Mr.  Worcester  was  probably  Rev.  Fran- 
cis Worcester,  of  Hollis,  N.  H.,  who  died  in  1783,  aged  85  years.] 

Feb.  1.  Mr.  Worcester  preached  aLect.  for  Mr.  Rogers  ;  afternoon, 
attended  the  private  meeting  at  Deacon  Woodward's  ;  he  preached  to  a 
good  crowd. 

Feb.  5.  The  small-pox  increasing;  rive  down  sick,  and  some  more 
suspected. 

Fel).  7.  Almost  all  the  Harbour  are  moving  on  account  of  the  small- 
pox;  nothing  but  carting;  all  in  motion,  there  are  four  sick  of  .the  small- 
pox at  old  Mr.  Dolliver's,  himself,  John  Warner,  Jiimes  Tyler  and  Ze- 
bulon  Witham,  Jr.  ;  very  bad  ;  and  two  at  Tarbox's. 

Feb.  9.  I  carried  my  wife  over  the  Cut,  she  is  uneasy  on  account  of 
the  small-pox. 

Fel).  It).  1  moved  some  things  over  to  my  wife;  Sammy  and  Alice 
Messervey  went  over;  the  rest  of  ns  tarry  at  home. 

Feb.  12.  There  was  a  meeting  in  the  Harbour  on  account  of  the 
small-pox  ;  Mr.  Dolliver's  house  is  the  hospital  ;  I  was  at  home  with  my 
two  daughters;  in  the  evening  visited  and  prayed  at  Elder  Warner's; 
his  son  John  supposed  to  be  dying — small-pox. 

Feb.  14.     I  went  over  the  Cut  to  carry  some  Cyder  to  my  wife. 

Feb.  19.  I  was  at  home  all  day,  with  my  two  daughters  ;  no  meet- 
ing; I  prayed  and  read. 


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Feb.  23.  I  went  to  Chebacco  Leet.  ;  Mr.  Jewett  began  with  prayer, 
and  preached  ;  I  preached,  Acts  iv.  12,  the  power  of  conviction  fell  upon 
many  ;  after  the  public  worship  many  enlightened  souls  broke  out  with 
cool  convictions  and  praises ;  the  house  seemed  full  of  praise. 

Feb.  26.  I  preached  at  Elder  John  Parsons' ;  I  had  much  freedom  ; 
many  were  affected  and  wept ;  very  good  attention  ;  many  eyes  were  full 
of  tears. 

Feb.  29.  I  preached  at  the  Cove,  at  Abraham  Sawyer's  ;  there  was 
good  attention  ;  much  weeping  ;  a  goodly  number  under  conviction  ;  one 
received  light  and  comfort. 

March  3.      My  wife  moved  here;  several  families  moved. 

March  4.  I  preached  at  Elder  John  Parsons' ;  I  was  very  dull,  cold, 
and  forward  in  my  performances  all  day  ;  several  wept ;  after  meeting 
several  cried  aloud  ;  I  went  and  prayed  with  Mrs.  Keliey,  whose  hus- 
band was  drowned  at  sea. 

March  6.  A  very  stormy  day  ;  I  went  up  in  Town  to  Dr.  Plummer's 
to  see  Capt.  Stevens ;  he  is  very  low  with  the  asthma ;  I  fear  it  will  be 
fatal. 

March  7.  Clear  and  cold  ;  I  preached  at  Deacon  Grover's ;  my  heart 
enlarged  and  warm  ;  some  visible  effects  ;  good  attention  ;  last  Monday 
evening  remarkable  Aurora  Borealis  ;  pillars  of  smoke  and  flashes  of 
light;  the  northern  part  of  the  hemisphere  seemed  almost  of  a  blaze. 
The  people  are  moving  home. 

March  9.  About  seven  o'clock  I  was  sent  for  to  Mrs.  Cook's  ;  a  num- 
ber of  young  people  had  met  there;  I  prayed  with  them  and  discoursed 
with  them  about  one  hour;  some  were  very  much  affected. 

March  10.  Several  came  in  to  see  me,  under  conviction  :  two  in  great 
distress. 

March  11.  I  preached #at  the  Meeting  House,  after  four  Sabbaths  de- 
prived of  it,  on  account  of  the  small-pox,  and  one  Sabbath  before  ;  good 
attention,  but  nothing  remarkable. 

March  15.  This  day  was  set  apart  for  religious  worship,  humiliation, 
prayer  and  thanksgiving  relative  to  the  infectious  disorder  that  has  lately 
been  among  us  ;  I  preached,  forenoon  ;  afternoon,  Mr.  Rogers  preached  ; 
in  the  evening,  I  went  at  the  desire  of  several  young  people  to  Mr.  H. 
Haskell's  ;  expecting  only  a  few  1  found  the  house  full  ;  I  preached,  ex- 
tempore ;  John  v.  (3 — "Wilt  thou  be  made  whole?"  by  the  impotent 
folk  is  represented  the  natural  state,  of  mankind,  &c.  ;  several  very 
lively. 


62  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

March  18.  Several  persons  came  in  the  evening,  under  soul  con- 
cern. 

March  20.  I  preached  at  Mr.  Cook's  ;  I  was  much  enlarged  ;  very  good 
attention  ;  the  room  crowded  ;  many  seemed  affected  ;  after  the  service 
many  cried  out,  and  seemed  very  zealously  calling  upon  others  ;  Josiah 
Cook  in  great  distress  ;  near  about  250  people. 

March  21.  1  attended  the  funeral  of  Joseph  Everdeen,  who  died 
suddenly  in  a  boat,  coming  from  Cape  Cod  ;  in  the  evening  preached  at 
Deacon  Grover's  ;  several  in  great  distress. 

March  27.     Called  to  Nathl.  Allen's  child  ;  was  there  till  near  12. 
March  2S.     Called  up  a  little  after  5  o'clock  to  go  to  N.  Allen's  ;  the 
child  was  just  breathing  the  last  when  I  got  there. 

March  2d.  In  the  evening  preached  at  my  own  house  ;  near  300  peo- 
ple ;  a  goodly  number  seemed  much  affected  ;  several  very  lively. 

March  30.  I  took  in  4  relations  (relations  of  religious  experience). 
April  12.  About  half-past  ten  o'clock,  I  was  called  up  by  a  passen- 
ger who  came  with  a  packet  directed  tome  from  Boston,  giving  an  ac- 
count of  the  death  of  Nathl.  Allen,  aged  about  20  years,  who  died  of  the 
small-pox,  being  inoculated  ;  I  went  at  11  o'clock  to  his  father's;  called 
them  up  and  tarried  there  till  near  12;  very  disconsolate;  I  slept  but 
little. 

April  30.  1  went  to  see  Mr.  Jaques,  who  is  seized  with  an  apoplec- 
tic fit. 

May  1.  1  studied  in  the  morning  till  11  o'clock;  then  went  to  see 
John  Collins'  sick  children  ;  prayed  there  ;  then  went  to  see  Mrs.  Mill- 
bery,  she  is  better  ;  then  went  to  Deacon  Grover's,  he  is  ill,  prayed  there  ; 
then  went  to  the  Quarterly  Fast  at  Dr.  Witham's ;  several  prayed  and  I 
concluded. 

May  4.  Mr.  Worcester  preached  at  Mr.  Sawyer's  at  Cove  ;  Come, 
for  all  things  are  now  ready. 

May  11.  I  studied,  forenoon;  about  1  o'clock  went  to  Lect.  up  in 
town  ;  Mr.  Aaron  Smith  preached  Ps.  cxix.  96,  last  part  ;  a  very  learned 

discourse;  all  the  perfection  of  the  all  human  glory  will   have  ah 

end.      [Kev.  Aaron  Smith,  of  Marlborough.      See  Notes  and  Additions, 
Part  I,  2.] 

May  17.  Mr.  Aaron  Smith  preached  my  Lect.  I  went  to  see  Mr. 
Jaques  who  remains  ill  yet,  with  the  palsy. 

May  23.  I  was  sent  for  about  8  o'clock  to  Capt.  Foster's  ;  she  was 
in  travail,  dangerous. 


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May  28.  I  visited  at  Eastern  Point;  Newcomb  dangerously  ill  with 
a  consumption. 

May  29.  I  catechised  in  the  Meeting  House  ;  above  a  hundred  chil- 
dren. 

June  19.     I  attended  the  funeral  of  Henry  Newcomb. 

July  10.     Mr.  Sanders'  house  raised.      [See  History,  243.] 

July  14.  I  was  sent  for  at  12  o'clock  to  see  widow  Somes,  palsy, 
senseless. 

Sept.  24.  1  visited  at  Fresh  Water  Cove ;  catechised  at  widow 
Davis's  about  45  children  ;  preached  afterward  at  the  same  place ;  after- 
wards came  home  and  went  to  Squam  ;  married  Joseph  York  and  Mar- 
tha Griffin  ;  then  came  up  to  town  about  9  o'clock,  married  Thomas 
Hibbard  and  Mary  Gaines  ;  came  home  about  11  o'clock. 

Oct.  1.  I  went  to  Kettle  Cove  to  see  Mrs.  Bishop,  in  a  consumption  ; 
from  there  to  see  Mr.  Jaques,  sick  with  the  palsy,  very  low  ;  visited  some 
families  on  my  way  home. 

Oct.  20.     I  was  at  home,  not  well,  spirits  very  low. 

Oct.  23.  I  catechized  at  Elder  Parsons'  about  35  children  ;  preached 
at  widow  Ruth  Parsons' ;  spent  the  evening  at  Capt.  Epes  Sargent's. 

Nov.  2.     I  went  to  Byfield  upon  a  change  with  Mr.  Parsons. 

Nov.  4.  Preached  there  ;  in  the  evening  went  up  and  lodged  at  Mr. 
Chandler's,  New  Rowley. 

Nov.  5.  I  set  (nit  homeward  :  dined  at  Mr.  Rogers'  at  Ipswich  :  called 
at  Mr.  Jaques'  and  got  home  about  six  o'clock  :  a  great  company  crying 
about  the  Pope.  [This  day  was  the  anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  the 
preparations  made  in  1605  by  certain  Catholic  conspirators,  for  destroy- 
ing the  king  and  parliament  of  England  :  usually  called  the  Gunpowder 
Plot.  In  1665  Commissioners  of  Charles  II.  required  the  Massachu- 
setts Colony  to  observe  it  as  a  day  of  Thanksgiving ;  but  the  customary 
commemoration  of  it  in  the  latter  days  of  our  fathers'  allegiance  to  the 
mother  country  was  by  boys  and  young  men,  who  carried  about  effigies 
of  Guy  Fawkes  and  the  Pope,  and  finally  cast  them  into  a  bonfire  ;  sing- 
ing as  they  went  along  certain  verses  which  ended  with  ; — 

"A  stick  and  a  stump 
For  Guy  Fawkes'  rump. 
Hotlo,  boys !  Huzza." 

Nov.  21.     I  went  over  to  Eastern  Point  to  the  funeral  of  Mr.  Avery. 
Dec.  1.     I  set  out  upon  a  change  with  Mr.   Fessenden  :  I  lodged  at 
Deacon  Haskell's. 


64  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Dec.  2.  I  preached  and  administered  the  sacrament :  dined  at  Mr. 
Jaqnes  :  lie  remains  very  low  with  palsy  :  sits  up  a  little  ;  I  came  home 
in  the  evening-:  married  Joseph  Hillier  and  Mary  Elleiy. 

Dec.  4.  Visited  in  the  Harbour  :  Mr.  Foxcraft  was  here  :  we  dined 
at  X.  Allen's,  Esq.  ;  Anna  is  ill. 

Here  end  the  extracts  from  Rev.  Samuel  Chandler's  journal.  In  the 
closing  days  of  1764  two  of  his  children  were  sick,  and  his  last  record 
for  the  year  is — "busy  about  house,  most  of  my  time  tending  my  family." 
His  daughter  Anna  died  Feb.  19,  1765,  of  consumption. 

1605,  July  16. — Cham  plain,  a  French  explorer,  on  a  voyage  along 
the  coast  of  the  territory  now  known  as  New  England,  landed  at  a  cape 
which  he  called  Cap  Aux  Isles,  afterwards  named  Cape  Ann.  In  the 
next  year  he  again  visited  this  cape  and  brought  his  vessel  to  anchor  in 
its  principal  harbor,  which  he  named  Le  Beau  Port,  now  Gloucester 
harbor.  On  both  visits  he  had  intercourse  with  the  natives,  and,  at  Le 
Beau  Port,  saw  as  many  as  two  hundred  under  a  chief  called  Quionha- 
mence.  He  made  a  map  of  the  harbor  and  its  shores,  a  facsimile  of 
which  was  published  in  the  Cape  Ann  Advertiser  of  May  3,  1878,  ac- 
companied by  an  account  of  his  two  visits,  which  then  probably  appeared 
for  the  first  time  in  the  English  language.  Gosnold,  in  1602,  and  Pring, 
in  1603,  may  have  seen  this  cape,  but  Champlain  is  the  first  European 
known  to  have  set  foot  on  its  shores. 

1643. — The  following  is  the  letter  of  John  Endicott  to  Governor  Win- 
throp,  alluded  to  in  History,  page  188,  about  the  misdemeanors  of  Grif- 
fen's  company  of  ship  carpenters. 

Dearest  Sir : — I  heard  nothing  further  of  Gloucester  bnsines  till  the  third  day  of  this 
•week  at  even,  when  I  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Bliurnan,  together  with  a  complaint 
of  the  towne  against  Griffen's  companie  for  several  misdemeanors.  And  at  the  foote 
of  the  complaint  a  reference  from  yourselfe  and  3  other  magistrates  to  me,  for  the 
redresse  of  them.  I  therefore  despatched  away  a  messenger  betimes  the  next  morn- 
ing, with  a  letter  to  Mr.  Griffen,  that  lie  would  send  me  such  of  his  men  whose  oames 
1  had  underwritten  his  letter,  to  answer  to  the  misdemeanors  <>t'  Sabbath-breaking, 
swearing  and  drunkennes;  And  withall  I  sent  a  letter  with  instructions  to  Mr.  Blinman, 
with  a  warrant  addressed  to  the  constable  :  that  if  Mr.  Griffin  would  not  send  his  men, 
that  the  constable  should  attach  their  persons  and  bring  them  before  mee.  If  they 
did  resisl  or  refuse,  not  to  strive  with  them  nor  t«>  use  any  provoking  terms,  but  to 
take  witness  of  their  carriadge  and  to  send  mee  an  answer;  which  here  I  have  sent  you 
inclosed.  I  would  have  proceeded  against  them  according  to  your  former  directions 
(to  wit  )  with  force;  hut  I  had  rather,  if  you  see  good,  try  first  another  way.  which  is, 
to  -end  a  prohibition  under  your  ami  divers  of  the  magistrates  bands  beside-,  forbid- 


EARLY    RECORDS.  65 

ding  Mr.  Stephens  and  the  rest  of  the  ship-carpenters  there,  or  anywhere  within  this 
jurisdiction,  upon  some  penaltie,  not  to  worke  a  stroke  of  worke  more  upon  Mr.  Grif- 
fen's  ship  till  they  have  further  order  from  the  Governor,  &c.  I  desire  therefore  to 
heare  from  you  what  you  would  have  done.  In  the  mean  tyine,  I  have  written  away 
another  letter  to  Mr.  Griffen,  wishing-  him  to  counsell  his  men  (if  he  can  command  them) 
to  submit  to  authoritie,  seeing  they  stand  out  to  their  owne  loss  and  disadvantage.  What 
his  return  will  be  you  shall  heare  as  soon  as  I  can  send  it. 

I  pray  you,  good  Sir,  let  me  be  excused  from  comeing  to  this  court,  for  I  am  not  tit- 
ted  for  winter  journeys,  and  for  such  bad  wayes  as  we  must  passe. 

I  want  much  to  hear  of  your  sonnes  iron  and  Steele.  If  the  country  Avill  not  In-  en- 
couraged by  so  useful  a  designe,  toenlardge  themselves  for  the  advantage  of  it.  I  know 
not  what  will. 

The  Lord  our  good  God  in  mercy  keepe  yon  and  yours,  to  whose  grace  I  commit  you 
and  rest. 

Yours  trulie  and  unfeignedly, 

Jo.  Endicott. 
Salem,  1.  10  mo.  1643. 

1644. — William  Stevens  was  chosen  deputy  to  the  General  Court, 
but  upon  some  private  differences  between  him  and  the  church,  the  bee- 
men  made  choice  of  Mr.  Brown  in  his  room.  The  court  order  that  he 
be  sent  home  again  and  that  the  town  he  directed  to  send  Mr.  Stevens, 
first  chosen.  If  such  complaints  are  made  to  the  House  as  shall  appear 
to  render  him  unfit  for  the  service,  the  House  will  deal  with  him  as  an 
offending  member. 

Aug.  27.  John  Stone  of  Gloucester  is  presented  at  court  "for  scanda- 
lizing Mi'.  Blinman,  with  charging  him  with  a  false  interpretation  of 
Scripture,  as  also  saying  that  if  an  angel  from  heaven  should  preach  the 
same  he  would  not  believe  it,  and  that  there  were  others  of  his  mind  ; 
and  also  further,  in  a  discourse  with  James  Smith  tending  to  the  re- 
proach of  the  doctrine  delivered  by  Mr.  Blinman  :*'  is  fined  fifty  shillings 
and  fees  of  the  court  and  witnesses. 

1645. — Of  a  colony  tax,  £616.  14.  6,  Gloucester  pays  £4.  17,  lowest, 
except  Wenham,  which  pays  £3.  10. 

Abraham  Robinson,  one  of  the  first  settlers,  died  this  year.  Abigail, 
widow  of,  Ezekiel,  one  of  his  descendants,  went  in  old  age  to  live  with 
her  son  Ezekiel,  in  Gardner,  Me.,  where  she  died  Nov.  20,  1820,  aged 
eighty.  Daniel,  of  Gardner,  her  son,  died  May  18,  1866,  aged  ninety. 
His  nephew,  Rev.  T.  B.  Robinson,  says  that  his  uncle's  life  "was  devoted 
to  study  and  extensive  reading,  and  that  he  felt  sure  of  his  descent  from 
the  pilgrims." 

Sarah  Robinson  died  September  26,  1819,  aged  seventy-nine. 

1648. — At  Court,  12th  mo.,  the  wife  of  Charles  Glover  for  suspicion 
c 


66  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER: 

of  adultery  with  Philip  Udal,  the  court  adjudging  the  presentment  just, 
adjudge  her  husband  to  pay  2s.  6d.  fees  at  court.  Same  Court,  Charles 
Glover  and  his  wife  for  fighting  each  with  the  other,  confessed.  The 
sentence  is  that  they  sit  each  of  them  half  an  hour  in  the  stocks  at  Glou- 
cester, the  next  lecture  day,  or  otherwise  to  pay  £10  apiece  2s.  6d.  fees 
of  court,  and  witnesses.  Mr.  Addes,  2  days,  4s;  Mr.  Stevens  4s;  J. 
Studley,  I  day,  2s.  ;  Wm.  Sargent  and  James  Fogg,  3  days  each,  12s. 

26th,  10  mo.,  Andrew  Lister  is  licensed  to  keep  a  house  of  entertain- 
ment to  sell  wine  and  strong  water  at  Gloucester. 

1649. — At  a  Quarterly  Court,  Christopher  Avery  is  presented  for 
speaking  scoffingly  of  Mr.  Blynman  about  what  he  had  formerly  deliv- 
ered in  the  way  of  his  ministry.  The  constables  making  witness  that  he 
had  gone  to  live  in  Boston,  he  is  ordered  to  answer  at  the  next  court 
there. 

William  Sargent  was  a  settler  of  this  period.  The  death  of  John,  son 
of  the  first  John,  is  thus  noticed  in  Mr.  Chandler's  journal.  "June  7, 
1754,  sent  for  to  John  Sargent's,  he  was  thought  to  be  dying;  11th,  I 
was  called  in  the  morning  to  John  Sargent's  ;  prayed  with  him  ;  he  died 
soon  after,  aged  seventy-one."  Francis,  son  of  the  first  Samuel,  died, 
according  to  the  'Squam  Church  Records,  July  6,  1778,  aged  eighty- 
five.  William,  commonly  called  Pa  Sargent,  a  great-great  grandson  of 
this  settler,  died  Nov.  1,  1865,  aged,  says  the  town  record,  with  need- 
less particularity,  considering  that  it  is  not  true,  97  years,  1  mo.  and  21 
days  ;  an  exaggeration  of  about  eight  years.  His  father  married  Mary 
Card  Jan.  31,  1776,  joined  the  American  Army  on  Long  Island  in  that 
year,  and  was  killed. 

1663,  9th  mo. — The  clerk  of  the  County  Court  is  ordered  to  issue 
out  a  warrant  to  the  Selectmen  of  the  town  of  Gloucester  for  the  raising 
of  £10  of  their  several  inhabitants  for  the  use  of  Mr.  Thomas  Millett,  in 
consideration  of  his  pains  amongst  them  in  the  public  ministry  for  one 
quarter  of  a  year. 

Francis  Norwood  came  to  Gloucester  about  this  time.  His  son  Fran- 
cis married  for  second  wife  Mrs.  Esther  Foster,  of  Charlestown,  Sept. 
12,  1726.  Capt.  William  Norwood,  son  of  the  second  Francis,  died  of 
dropsy  Feb.  1,  1781,  for  thirty-nine  years  a  member  of  the  Church  at 
Squam,  "a  steady  and  constant  attendant  on  ye  word  preached  and  the 
ordinances  of  the  Gospel  as  long  as  his  health  would  permit,"  writes  his 
reverend  pastor  in  the  records.  Judith,  his  wife,  died  July  19,  1775, 
aged  65.     His  son  James  died  very  suddenly,  March   10,   1814,  aged 


EARLY    RECORDS.  67 

59  .  "out  of  doors  and  well  the  day  before,"  says  the  record.  Elizabeth, 
wife  of  Jonathan  Norwood,  died  Oct  20,  1775,  aged  63.  Jonathan  and 
Zaccheus,  probably  sons  of  Jonathan,  Jr.,  were  drowned  b}-  the  upset- 
ting of  a  boat  off  Folly  Cove.  A  Stephen  Norwood  was  lost  on  a  voy- 
age, to  the  Banks  in  1753.  A  widow,  Mary  Norwood,  died  Dec.  9, 
1811,  aged  84. 

From  Mr.  E.  Pool's  Ms.,  I  learn  that  Joshua  Norwood,  Jr.,  born  in 
1707,  by  wife  Sarah  Goodrich,  or  Aldrich,  had  a  son  Solomon,  who  by 
two  wives,  had  seventeen  children,  and  died  in  1824,  aged  84.  His  sons, 
Joshua,  Isaac  and  Stephen  settled  in  Bine  Hill,  Me.,  where  Isaac  is  said 
to  have  died  a  hundred  years  old.    A  son  Moses  settled  in  Eastport,  Me. 

1664,  May. — William  Vinson  sells  to  John  Emerson  his  grist  mill 
and  3  1-2  acres  of  land  the  same  being  near  Mr.  Emerson's  house,  for 

£5b. 

1666,  4th  mo. —  Philip  Stanwood  is  allowed  as  eldest  sergeant  of  the 
foot  company  at  Gloucester. 

May  23,  in  General  Court  on  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  Gloucester 
that  the  horse  bridge  by  them  erected  over  Chebacco  River  be  by  common 
charge  upheld.  The  Court  judge  it  meet  to  refer  the  petition  to  the  next 
Court  of  that  County  to  act  as  the  law  directs. 

1668,  29th  8th  mo. —  General  Court  orders  that  no  man  shall  hence- 
forth kill  any  codfish,  hake,  haddock  or  pollock,  to  be  dried  for  sale,  in 
the  months  of  December  or  January,  because  of  their  spanning  time  ; 
nor  any  mackerel  to  barrel  up  in  the  months  of  May  or  June,  under  pen- 
alty of  paying  five  shillings  for  each  quintal  of  fish,  and  five  shillings  for 
each  barrel  of  mackerel ;  nor  shall  any  fisherman  cast  the  herbage  of  the 
fish  they  catch  overboard  at  or  near  the  ledge  or  grounds  where  they 
take  the  fish,  nor  shall  any  of  the  boats'  crew  refuse  or  neglect  to  obey 
the  orders  of  the  master  of  the  vessel  to  which  they  belong  for  the  times 
and  seasons  of  fishing,  nor  shall  they  take  or  drinke  any  more  strong 
liquors  than  the  master  thinks  meet  to  permit  them.     The  breach  of  all 
these  last  being  under  the  penalty  of  twenty  shillings  for  the  first  offence, 
40  shillings  for  the  second,  and  for  the  third  three  months  imprisonment. 
1675,  Oct.  13.— In  a  colony  rate  of  £1553  5s.  4d.  for  war  against 
the  Indians,  forty-nine  towns  are  assessed,  of  which  Gloucester  ranks 
the  fortieth  in  amount,  £9  9s.  to  be  paid  in  wheat  at  6s.,  rye  4s.  6d., 
barley  and  pease  4s.,  Indian  corn  3s.,  6d.,  oats  2s.  ;  money  payment 
to  be  abated  one-fourth. 

4th  mo.  Peter  Duncan  is  complained  of  for  selling  liquor  to  the  Indians. 


68  HISTOKY    OF    GLOUCESTER  '. 

( )f  an  Irish  Donation  to  the  poor,  distressed  by  the  war  with  the  In- 
dians, Gloucester  received  18  shillings  for  one  family  of  six  persons. 

John  Collins,  an  early  settler,  died  March  25.  His  son  John  married 
MeKitable  Giles  of  Salem,  9th,  1st  mo.,  1659.  A  Daniel  Collins  was 
drowned  in  the  harbor  Aug.  12,  1753. 

Isaac  Collins  and  Charles  Collins,  of  Cape  Ann,  were  prisoners  in 
Mill  Prison,  England,  in  1781.  The  widow  of  Col.  Daniel  Collins  died 
in  February,  1822.  Abigail,  widow  of  Capt.  James  Collins,  died  in 
1829,  aged  eighty-seven. 

167(5,  March  29. — A  committee  report  that  at  Cape  Ann  two  garrisons 
besides  several  fortifications  have  been  made. 

1677. — John  Roberts  first  appears  in  town  this  year.  The  wife  of 
his  oldest  son  Nathaniel  was  Mary  Biles  of  Beverly.  Patience,  wife  of 
the  second  John,  died  Oct.  13,  1749,  in  her  69th  year.  Deacon  John 
Roberts,  son  of  the  latter,  died  Dec.  27,  1793,  aged  79.  His  wife  died 
in  1787,  aged  about  72.  A  Samuel  Roberts  died  on  board  of  a  man  of 
war  in  1792.     Widow  Jerusha  Roberts  died  Aug.  17,  1807,  over  96. 

1678. — [William  Sargent,  2d,  who  came  this  year  may  have  been  the 
William  Sargent  who,  in  1679  had  a  grant  of  "  half  an  acre  of  land  to  set 
a  house  upon,  on  the  left  hand  of  the  way  that  people  goe  to  the  head  of 
the  Harbor,  at  the  head  of  William  Vinson's  lot,"  for  his  widow  in  her 
will  of  24  Feb.,  1724,  gave  to  her  son  Epes  "  old  part  of  dwelling  house 
&c."  lying  between  said  Epes  and  Peter  Dolliver,  and  it  is  certain  that 
her  grandson  Epes  lived  on  the  Avay  above  mentioned,  where  the  Cus- 
tom House  now  stands,  in  a  building  which  once  stood  there,  and  in  its 
present  locality,  on  Pleasant  street,  is  known  as  the  Webster  House.] 

Mary,  daughter  of  William  Sargent,  2d,  is  said  to  have  married  a 
Herrick  of  Beverly,  but  I  think  she  married,  first,  Jonathan  Stevens, 
and,  becoming  a  widow  before  1710,  then  married  Nathaniel  Sargent, 
and  so  is  called  Mary  Sargent  in  her  mother's  will.  Esther,  wife  of  the 
first  Epes  Sargent,  was  daughter  of  Thomas  Maecarty  of  Roxbury.  She 
died  July  1,  1743,  aged  43.  A  genealogical  record  says  that  his  son 
Ignatius  "died  in  a  foreign  land,"  that  Benjamin  "died  abroad  in  man- 
hood." Besides  Paul  Dudley  and  John,  he  had  by  second  wife  three 
daughters  who  died  young.  His  daughter  Esther  married  Col.  Thomas 
Goldthwaite,  and  had  a  daughter  Esther  who  married  first,  Timothy 
Rogers  of  Gloucester,  July  4, 1765,  and  second,  Capt.  Peter  Dolliver  in 
1 770.  Another  daughter,  Catherine,  had  two  husbands,  first  Dr.  Sylves- 
ter Gardner  of  Boston,  and  next  William  Powell  of  Boston,  and  died  Feb. 


EARLY  RECORDS.  69 

24,  1830,  aged  83.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Col.  Epes  Sargent,  and  widow 
of  Nathaniel  Allen,  died  in  1792.  His  son  Paul  Dudley  died  Sept.  15, 
1828,  aged  83,  and  his  son  John  died  in  Barrington,  N.  S.,  Jan.  24, 
1824,  aged  74. 

Epes,  son  of  Col.  Epes  Sargent,  died  Jan.  7,  1779.  He  left  an  es- 
tate o'"  which  the  inventory  amounted,  in  the  currency  of  the  time  to 
£14,572,  consisting  in  part  of  vessel  property,  £5855,  and  156  oz.  plate 
at  46s.  6d.  per  oz.  Owing  probably  to  the  destruction  of  his  business 
by  the  war,  his  estate  was  rendered  insolvent. 

1679,  June  13. — It  is  ordered  by  the  General  Court  that  all  fisher- 
men that  are  shipped  upon  a  winter  and  spring  voyage  shall  duly  attend 
the  same  according  to  custom  or  agreement  with  respect  to  time  ;  and  all 
fishermen  that  are  shipped  upon  a  fishing  voyage  for  a  whole  summer  shall 
not  presume  to  break  off  from  said  voyage,  before  the  last  of  October, 
without  ye  consent  of  ye  owner,  master  and  sharemen,  upon  the  penalty 
of  paying  all  damages. 

1680,  May  19. — Gloucester  is  one  of  twenty-two  towns  that  had  neg- 
lected to  attend  to  an  order  for  contribution  to  Harvard  College. 

1681,  March. —  William  Haskell  "is  appointed  leftenant  for  the 
trained  band  in  Gloster  and  James  Davis,  Sen'r,  is  appointed  ensign." 

The  number  of  public  houses  for  Gloucester  is  to  be  two,  as  estab- 
lished by  the  General  Court. 

1683. — Samuel  Dolliver,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year,  and  from  the 
settlement  of  his  estate  it  appears  that  he  had  Joseph,  Dorothy  and  Re- 
becca, not  named  in  the  History,  among  his  children. 

Robert  Elwell,  an  early  settler,  also  died  this  year.  Rev.  S.  Chand- 
ler records  in  his  journal, — "May  16,  1752,  I  attended  the  funeral  of 
Capt.  Elias  Elwell."  "April  30,  1754,  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Zebulon 
Elwell.  "  "July  7,  1762,  I  attended  the  funeral  of  Xehemiah  Elwell." 
Account  of  administration  of  his  estate  was  presented  Oct.  28,  1765,  by 
his  widow,  who  had  then  become  the  wife  of  a  Smith,  probably  Alexan- 
der. 

John,  son  of  John  Elwell,  and  Isaac,  son  of  Zebulon  Elwell,  were 
washed  overboard  and  lost  from  a  schooner  commanded  by  Capt.  Win. 
Allen,  coming  from  the  Banks,  in  a  gale  of  wind,  in  1798. 

Elias  Elwell  died  May  22,  1834,  aged  eighty-eight.  (Doubtful  about 
the  age.) 

Administration  of  the  estate  of  Isaac  Elwell,  Jr.,  mariner,  was  granted 
to  his  widow,  Lydia,  Aug.  3,  1778. 


70  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Samuel  Elwell,  son  of  Paine,  died  June  2,  1824. 

1684. — Samuel  Hodgkins  came  to  Gloucester  about  this  time.  It 
appears  that  his  son  Samuel,  in  1756,  then  seventy-two,  took  for  second 
wife  Lydia  Stan  wood,  who  found  in  him  a  third  husband.  She  died 
April  13,  1789,  aged  eighty-four. 

July  1,  1814,  William  Hodgkins  was  buried,  lived  on  the  point,  above 
80  years  old. — ,8quam  Church  Records. 

A  Timothy  Hodgkins  died  Oct.  15,  1830,  aged  94,  and  Eunice,  his 
widow,  died  Aug.  8,  1841,  aged  81. 

John  Pulcifer  also  appears  in  town  this  year.  Old  Mrs.  Pnlcifer,  his 
widow,  without  doubt,  died  June  8,  1755,  about  90  years  old,  says  a 
private  record.  She  was  Joan,  daughter  of  Thomas  Kent,  and  in  com- 
pany with  a  twin  sister,  Mercy,  came  into  the  world  Feb.  21,  1664. 

Thomas,  second  son  of  John,  married  Sarah  Grover,  Jan.  (5,  1726. 
She  died  May  26,  1728,  and  he  next  married  Hannah  Woodward  Oct. 
29,  1730.  He  died  Sept  27,  1778,  aged  85,  she  having  died  the  day  be- 
fore, at  about  the  same  age.  Ebenezer,  next  son,  was  living  in  1760,  but 
I  can  trace  him  no  farther.  His  son  Edmund  died  in  the  Second  Parish 
in  May,  1804,  aged  about  75.  David,  the  next  son  of  John,  died  in  June, 
17  91,  upwards  of  90  years  of  age.  Of  Jonathan,  the  youngest  son,  I 
learn  nothing  after  the  birth  of  his  son  Samuel  in  1734. 

1685,  Oct.  12. — Died  John  Kettle.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  William  Allen,  of  Salem.  She  married  Samuel  Corning  Nov.  13, 
1688,  and  next  year,  was  dismissed  from  the  church  in  Gloucester  and 
admitted  to  that  in  Beverly. 

1686,  Feb.  16. — The  town  leave  it  to  the  Selectmen  to  agree  with  a 
workman  to  build  galleries  in  the  eastern  and  western  ends  of  the  meeting 
house. 

1689. — Jeffrey  Parsons,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year.  Jonathan, 
son  of  the  second  Jeffre}',  was  deceased  in  1742.  His  son  David  died  Nov. 
28,  1808,  at  82,  by  the  records  of  the  First  Church,  at  80  by  my  notes. 
It  was  his  son  David,  not  Ebenezer,  who  was  washed  overboard  from 
a  fishing  vessel  and  drowned  ;  the  latter  was  also  lost  at  sea.  The  death 
of  Jeremiah,  youngest  son  of  the  second  Jeffrey,  is  found  in  the  journal 
of  Rev.  S.  Chandler,  who  thus  records  it:"  1755,  Sept.  25.  A  little 
after  I  was  in  bed,  about  10  o'clock,  was  sent  for  to  visit  Deacon  Jer'a 
Parsons,  dying.  He  was  sensible  to  the  last,  tho'  broken  in  his  speech  ; 
much  in  the  dark,  tho'  his  desires  were  enlarged  after  discoveries  of  the 
Love  of  God.     He  died  about  10  o'clock.     I  came  home  after  2  o'clock.'' 


EARLY    RECORDS.  71 

He  was  fifty-seven  years  old.  His  son  Zacchens  had  deceased  a  few 
months  previously,  and  his  son  Jeremiah  died  of  a  fever  at  the  age  of  36, 
and  was  buried  April  14,  1760.  March  4,  1756,  Deacon  John  Parsons 
was  chosen  a  ruling  elder  of  the  First  Church,  and  23  Oct,  1764.  Mr. 
Chandler  says,  "I  catechised  at  Elder  Parsons."  The  date  of  his  death 
is  not  yet  found.  His  son  William,  born  in  1728,  was  probably  the 
William  who  married  Sarah  Rust,  Jan.  5,  1755,  and  had  a  daughter  Ju- 
dith baptized  in  1769,  and  removed  to  New  Gloucester,  Me.,  where  Ju- 
dith manied  Nathaniel  Eveleth,  2d,  and  died  Dec.  16,  1862,  aged  93. 
Dec.  23,  1764,  Samuel  Parsons,  son  of  the  first  Samuel,  was  dismissed 
from  the  First  Church  to  the  Christian  Brethren  at  New  Gloucester. 
His  wife  was  Lydia  Sawyer,  sister  of  Deacon  John  Sawyer,  who  about 
the  same  time  took  his  dismission  from  the  Second  Church  to  the  same 
brethren.  Samuel  Parsons  had  sons  Samuel  and  David,  who  probably 
went  with  their  father  to  the  new  town  as  their  names  are  among  the 
subscribers  to  the  meeting-house  there  in  1770. 

The  First  Church  Records  have  the  death  of  Dorcas  Parsons,  85,  no 
date;  and  the  death  of  Martha  Parsons,  Jan.  11,  1819,  aged  81. 

Abigail,  daughter  of  Stephen  Parsons,  married  David  Ring,  and  died 
a  widow  July  24,  1817,  aged  77. 

And.  Parsons,  Cape  Ann,  was  a  prisoner  in  Mill  Prison,  England,  in 
1781. 

1690. — George  Giddings  settled  in  town  about  this  time.  His  son 
John  died  Oct.  25,  1723,  aged  25.  Zebulon,  another  son,  married  Oct. 
12,  1724,  Deborah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Webster  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and 
settled  as  a  merchant  in  that  town.  His  wife  died  in  1767,  and  he  next 
married,  in  1773,  Joanna  Cottle  of  Newburyport,  who  died  the  same 
year.  He  kept  a  tavern  in  Exeter,  which  he  managed  successfully  many 
years,  was  a  colonel  in  the  militia,  and  town  clerk  of  Exeter  from  1745 
to  1783,  being  at  the  latter  date,  eighty  years  old.  Lawrence  Giddings, 
who  came  after  George,  was  his  cousin,  and  son  to  Lieut.  Samuel  Gid- 
dings of  Chebacco. 

1691. — Thomas  Bray,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year. 

Dr.  Thomas  Bray,  son  of  Thomas  Bray,  the  second,  married  Judith, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Sargent,  Jan.  16,  1743.  She  died  Aug.  36,  1811, 
aged  eighty-five.  John,  another  son  of  the  same,  married  Susanna 
Woodbury,  Dec.  19,  1716.  One  of  his  six  children  was  Enoch,  born 
July  20*  1730,  the  same  probably  who  died  Dec.  9,  1814,  aged  eighty- 
five.     Nathaniel,  third  son  of  Thomas,  the  second,  died  Jan.  18,  1773, 


72  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

above  seventy.  Moses,  next  son  of  the  same,  married  Mary  Woodbury 
of  Beverly,  Nov.  20,  1717.  His  widow  died  in  Dec.,  1778,  aged  eighty. 
The  widow  of  Moses,  youngest  son  of  the  same  Thomas,  died  in  1788, 
over  seventy  years  of  age.  Of  his  ten  children  one  was  a  son,  Aaron, 
born  in  1742,  the  same  perhaps  who  died  in  1759,  "coming  from  Can- 
ada." Another  son,  Edward,  born  in  1740,  may  have  been  the  Edward 
who  died  in  the  army,  at  Long  Island,  in  1776. 

A  Nathaniel  Bray  died  at  Halifax  in  1778. 

A  Benjamin  Bray,  of  Cape  Ann,  was  a  prisoner  in  Mill  Prison,  Ply- 
mouth, Eng.,  in  1781,  taken  from  Ship  Beaver. 

A  William  Bray  died  in  Dec,  1830,  aged  seventy. 

Anne  Bray  died  in  Jan.,  1834,  aged  81. 

A  widow  Bray  died  Oct.  30,  1817,  aged  ninety-two. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Bray,  wife  of  Capt.  Moses  Bray,  died  in  1799,  aged  62. 

Capt.  Isaac  Bray  died  Jan.  16,  1830,  aged  eighty.  His  widow  died 
"soon  after,"  aged  seventy-six. 

1692,  Sept.  24.  —  On  bonds  for  their  appearance,  Mary,  wife  of 
Hugh  Rowe,  Phebe,  wife  of  Timothy  Day,  and  widow  Rachel  Vinson, 
all  of  Gloucester,  are  released  from  [pswich  prison,  having  been  confined 
there  for  witchcraft. 

Oct.  30.  Esther,  wife  of  Samuel  Elwell,  Rebecca,  wife  of  Richard 
Dike,  and  Abigail,  daughter  of  Hugh  Rowe,  all  of  Gloucester,  were  car- 
ried to  Ipswich  for  examination  on  a  like  charge.  They  were  released 
Nov.  7. 

Nov.  25.  Upon  consideration  of  great  damage  and  scandal  that  has 
happened  upon  the  accompt  of  pickled  fish,  although  afterward  dried 
and  hardly  discoverable,  to  the  great  loss  of  many,  and  also  an  ill-repu- 
tation on  this  Province  and  the  fishery  of  it,  it  is  ordered  by  the  Gene- 
ral Court  that  no  person  or  persons  whatsoever,  after  the  publication 
hereof,  shall  save  or  salt  any  sort  offish  (that  is  intended  to  be  dried) 
in  caske  or  fatles  in  any  other  way  than  what  hath  formerly  and  hon- 
estly been  practiced  for  the  making  of  dried  fish  on  penalty  ot  forfeiting 
all  such  fish  so  salted  and  pickled,  whether  it  be  green  or  dry.  It  is 
also  ordered  that  no  person  shall  take,  kill  or  haul  ashore  any  mackerel 
with  any  sort  of  nets  or  seines  whatsoever,  on  penalty  of  forfeiting  all 
mackerel  so  taken,  and  all  the  nets  and  seines  so  employed,  also  that  no 
mackerel  shall  be  caught,  except  for  spending  whilst  fresh,  before  the 
first  of  July  annually. 

1693,  June  14. —  The  General  Court,  upon  petition  of  the  town  of 


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Gloucester,  complaining  that  the  inhabitants  of  their  town  are  over-rate 
£170,  upon  examination  it  was  found  that  they  had  under-valued  their 
land  £30  and  had  omitted  £40.  Ordered  that  £100  be  allowed  them 
by  the  Treasurer  when  they  next  shall  be  assessed  in  any  general  assess- 
ment. 

William  Haskell,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year.  His  son  Benjamin 
married  for  second  wife  Emma  Bond  of  Beverly,  June  10,  1698.  Pa- 
tience, daughter  of  Benjamin,  married  John  Roberts,  not  Hugh,  as  else- 
where stated.  Ebenezer,  son  of  the  first  Joseph,  died  June  23,  1771,  aged 
81.  His  son,  Deacon  Stephen  Haskell,  died  Aug.  31,  1809,  aged  73. 
Dorcas,  daughter  of  the  second  Joseph,  died  Feb.  13,  1793,  aged  80. 
Daniel,  probably  son  of  the  first  Daniel,  died  in  Oct.,  1804,  about 
80.  Deacon  Zebulon  Haskell,  son  of  Jacob,  died  June  8,  1819,  aged  84. 
His  widow  Elizabeth  died  in  1825,  about  the  same  age.  Jacob  and  Is- 
rael, other  sons  of  Jacob,  settled  in  New  Gloucester,  Me.  A  Mary  Has- 
kell died  in  Nov.,  1802,  over  80.  A  Jonathan  was  lost  at  sea,  on  a  fish- 
ing voyage,  in  1738.  An  Isaac  was  killed  on  board  of  a  privateer  in 
April,  1778. 

1694,  March  19. — Joseph  Gardner  has  a  grant  of  half  an  acre  of 
upland  ground  upon  the  eastern  side  of  the  neck  of  land  called  Peter 
Mud's  neck.  Tn  bounding  this  grant  mention  is  made  of  "the  house  then 
erected  to  make  earthen  ware  in." 

John  Lane  came  to  Gloucester  about  this  time.  The  second  wife  of 
his  son  James,  was  Judith,  widow  of  William  Woodbury.  James, 
youngest  son  of  this  James,. aged  24,  master  of  a  fishing  schooner  be- 
longing to  Daniel  Gibbs,  Esq.,  was  lost  at  Grand  Bank  in  1753.  David, 
son  of  the  second  John  Lane,  died  Sept.  3,  1777,  aged  56,  and  David, 
son  of  this  David,  died  May  31,  1825,  aged  75.  Rachel,  widow  of  Jo- 
siah  Lane,  died  Oct.  3,  1774,  aged  84;  falling  from  her  chair,  she  was 
taken  up  dead.  Gideon  Lane,  son  of  the  first  Joseph,  married  Mary 
Babson  in  1764,  who  died  Jan.  8,  1779,  aged  37  ;  soon  after  his  wife's 
decease,  he  removed  to  Freeport,  Me.,  where  he  died  Oct.  6,  1813, 
aged  73,  leaving  children  in  Freeport  and  a  son  Gideon  in  'Squam,  a 
sea  captain,  who  died  there  Nov.  28,  1821,  aged  57.  Benjamin  Lane, 
fifth  son  and  ninth  child  of  the  first  John,  died  in  March,  1773,  aged 
72.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  probably  daughter  of  Samuel  Griffin,  died  in 
1779,  aged  73.  Of  Job,  youngest  son  of  John,  the  date  of  death  is 
not  yet  found.  Mary,  his  widow,  died  in  1795,  very  aged  of  course. 
His  son  AndreAV  died  in  1791,  at  the  age  of  45  ;  and  his  son  Ebenezer 


74  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

is  said  to  have  removed  to  New  Gloucester,  Me.  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  Lane,  and  widow  of  Joseph  Thurston,  died  in  1792,  aged  96.  A 
Joseph  Lane  died  in  Nov.,  1828,  aged  85.  A  Daniel  Lane,  of  Glouces- 
ter, was  a  prisoner  in  Mill  prison,  PI} mouth,  Eng.,  in  1778,  and  es- 
caped. The  records  of  the  5th  church  have  death  of  a  Joseph  Lane  in 
1776. 

1696. — William  Ellery,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year.  The  Colum- 
bian Centinel  of  Boston,  of  June  5,  1800,  has  the  death  of  Capt.  Wil- 
liam Ellery  of  Cape  Ann,  aged  seventy.  He  was  grandson  of  this  settler. 
Esther,  widow  of  John  Stevens  Ellery,  died  Nov.  30,  1811,  aged  about 
fifty-six.  Among  the  effects  of  her  husband,  at  his  decease  in  1797, 
were  9968  gals,  of  brandy  valued  at  $13,444.  He  left  a  clear  estate  of 
about  $16,000. 

Abigail  Ellery,  daughter  of  Dependance,  married  Luke  Ryerson,  who 
was  on  the  committee  of  safety  at  New  Gloucester  in  March,  1777. 

1702. — The  first  persons  bearing  the  name  of  Sanders  appear  in  town 
this  year.  {Hist.  241.)  They  were  shipwrights,  and  were  attracted 
thither  without  doubt  by  the  great  activity  with  which  the  business  of 
ship-building  began  to  be  carried  on  about  this  time.  Tradition  reports 
that  the  family  came  to  Gloucester  direct  from  England,  under  induce- 
ments held  out  by  one  of  its  members  on  his  return  from  a  voyage  to 
this  country.  It  apparently  consisted  of  a  widowed  mother,  Mary  and 
seven  children, — John,  Nathaniel,  Thomas,  Edward,  Joseph,  Mary  and 
Elizabeth,  probably  wife  of  Jonathan  Springer.  •  Joseph  died  Nov.  18, 
1712,  and  his  mother  was  appointed  administratrix  of  his  estate  July  30, 
1716,  but  died  before  completing  the  trust,  and  his  brother  Thomas  was 
made  administrator  de  bonis  non.  The  whole  amount  received  by  him 
was  £89  12s,  the  larger  part  of  which  was  recovered  at  law,  which  oc- 
casioned the  "  expense  at  court  to  be  very  great,"  so  that  the  six  brothers 
and  sisters,  his  heirs,  got  only  about  £6  each.  Of  John,  the  first  named 
brother,  I  can  say  no  more.  Nathaniel  had,  besides  five  daughters,  four 
sons, — Nathaniel,  born  in  1705,  died  Sept.  27,  1717;  John,  March  18, 
1707  ;  Joseph,  Oct.  17,  1708  ;  and  David,  1715.  John  I  suppose  to  be 
the  same  who  married  Mary  Dolliver,  Dec.  1,  1736,  by  whom  a  son 
John  was  born  August  7,  1737.  Joseph  was  probably  the  same  who 
married  Mary  Stevens,  Jan.  1,  1735,  and  had  a  son  Nathaniel  born  June 
29,  1736.  I  know  not  who,  if  not  these  two  brothers,  were  the  suffer- 
ers by  a  disaster  at  sea  mentioned  in  our  records,  though  it  is  difficult 
to  reconcile  the  dates,  unless  there  is  an  omission  of  double  dating,  ac- 


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cording  to  the  custom  of  the  times.  The  record  says  : — "Joseph  San- 
ders and  John  Sanders  went  away  in  Feb.,  1736,  for  Isle  of  Sable  and 
had  not  been  heard  of  26  of  Aug.  following ;  supposed  to  have  been  run 
down  presently  after  they  went  out  in  a  schooner  belonging  to  Epes 
Sargent,  Esq." 

The  children  of  Thomas,  son  of  the  widow  Mary,  were  Thomas,  born 
March  20,  1704;  Abigail,  June  29,  1705,  married  Peter  Dolliver ;  Jo- 
seph, Feb.  21,  1707;  Mary,  March  10,  1701),  married  Daniel  Gibbs  ;  John, 
June  14,  1711  ;  Lydia,  March  24,  1714,  married  Daniel  VVitham  ;  and 
Elizabeth,  April  10,  1707,  who  married  Zebulon  Witham,  and  died  Nov. 
27,  1767.  The  father  left  a  clear  estate  of  £3160;  one  of  the  largest 
that  had  been  accumulated  in  town  to  the  date  of  his  death,  1742.  The 
only  mention  of  Edward  Sanders,  brother  of  Thomas,  found  in  the 
Gloucester  Records,  is  ot  date  Dec.  20,  1717,  when  Joseph  Heden,  his 
apprentice,  died.  An  Edward  Sanders,  of  Rowley,  shipwright,  made 
his  will  11  Dec,  1759,  in  which  three  daughters,  all  apparently  married, 
and  four  sons  are  named. 

Of  the  eleven  children  of  the  second  Thomas  there  were,  besides  the 
three  sons  mentioned  in  the  History,  a  daughter  Judith  who  married 
Winthrop  Sargent  and  Abigail  who  married  William  Dolliver,  a  Rebecca 
who  married  Capt.  James  Babson,  and  a  Lydia  who  married  James 
Prentice. 

Joseph,  brother  of  the  preceding,  a  sea-captain,  had  a  wife  Elizabeth, 
and  died  of  small-pox  on  his  passage  from  Ireland  to  Boston,  June  25, 
1732,  leaving  an  only  child,  Joseph,  born  Sept.,  1730,  who  married  Mar- 
tha Henderson,  Sept.  9,  1752.  The  sad  end  of  the  latter  and  that  of 
his  only  son,  Thomas,  are  noticed  in  the  History.  This  son,  as  soon  as 
he  graduated  from  college,  in  1772,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  married  his 
relative,  Judith,  aged  seventeen,  daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas  Sanders. 
They  had  many  children,  but  I  can  account  for  only  two  of  them, — 
Lucy,  who  became  the  wife  of  Rev.  Stephen  Farley,  of  Atkinson,  N.H., 
and  Joseph,  of  Philadelphia,  both  of  whom  were  living  in  1826.  This 
Thomas  Sanders  lived  in  a  house  which  stood  on  or  near  the  lot  on  which 
the  City  Hall  now  stands.  On  the  back  side  of  the  house  was  a  well,  at 
the  bottom  of  which  his  body  was  found,  and  into  which  he  fell  or  threw 
himself  after  committing  the  deed  which  closed  his  life.  His  mother 
married  David  Ingersol  for  second  husband,  and  his  only  sister,  Mary, 
married  Eben  Hough,  a  ship  master  in  Gloucester  in  the  last  century, 
who  died  about  1793. 


Ih  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

John,  the  other  brother  of  the  second  Thomas,  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Elder  James  Say  ward,  Jan.  23,  1735,  and  died  after  about 
six  years  illness,  Jan.  17,  1742.  Besides  two  daughters,  he  had  a  son 
John,  born  Oct.  24,  1735,  who  married  Jemima  Parsons,  May  12,  1757. 
He  was  a  sea  captain  and  died  Oct.  24,  1807.  She  died  at  the  age  of  81. 
The  fruits  of  this  marriage  were  seven  sons  and  seven  daughters.  James, 
one  of  the  sons,  married  Susannah  Sayward  in  1786,  and  settled  in 
Dresden,  Me.,  where  he  had  a  large  family  of  children.  Another  son, 
Capt.  Joseph  Sanders,  died  in  Gloucester,  April  4,  1841,  aged  84,  says 
the  record,  but  78,  according  to  my  notes.  He  left  a  widow,  Deborah 
(Withara)  Sanders,  who  became  a  centenarian,  and  is  elsewhere  men- 
tioned in  these  notes.  Abigail,  one  of  the  daughters,  married  John 
Somes,  and  died  Dec.  5,  1857,  aged  87.  With  the  exception  of  a  few 
in  this  line,  there  appear  to  be  no  descendants  of  Thomas  Sanders,  bear- 
ing the  name,  now  living  in  Gloucester. 

Of  the  twelve  children  of  Hon.  Thomas  Sanders,  son  of  the  second 
Thomas,  born  Aug.  14,  1729,  eight  at  least  appear  to  have  been  living 
when  he  died  in  1774.  Five  of  these  were  daughters,  all  of  whom  were 
married, — Lucy  to  Paul  Dudley  Sargent ;  Judith  to  Thomas  Sanders, 
the  school  master ;  Harriet  to  Peter  Dolliver ;  Sarah  to  Thomas  Augus- 
tus Vernon,  a  merchant  of  St.  Petersburg,  Russia;  and  Mary  to  Eras- 
mus Babbitt,  a  lawyer  of  Sturbridge,  Mass.  She  had  a  daughter,  who 
was  the  mother  of  Charlotte  Cushman,  the  distinguished  actress.  Of 
rive  sons  of  Mr.  Sanders,  two  only  lived  to  marry.  Thomas  born  March 
26,  1759,  was  sent  to  By  tie  Id  Academy  to  be  fitted  for  college,  but  left 
on  the  death  of  his  father,  and  entered  the  counting  room  of  Mr.  Derby, 
of  Salem,  a  distinguished  East  India  merchant.  He  finally  became  a 
merchant  himself  and  carried  on  his  business  with  such  success,  that,  at 
his  death,  June  5,  1844,  he  left  a  large  fortune  to  his  wife  and  children. 
His  wife,  Elizabeth  Elkins,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  1782,  was  an 
authoress  and  a  lady  of  admirable  qualities  of  heart  and  mind.  She 
died  Feb.  19,  1851,  in  her  eighty-ninth  year.  Their  oldest  son,  Charles, 
was  born  May  2,  1783,  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  and  died  April 
7,  1864,  leaving  no  children,  but  deserving  special  remembrance  in  this 
sketch  of  his  family  for  his  liberal  bequest  to  the  cause  of  temperance 
in  the  home  of  his  ancestors.     A  clause  of  his  will  reads  thus  : — 

"Believing,  as  I  do  that  drunkenness  is  a  crime,  and  likewise  the  origin  of  a  hum' 
portion  of  the  crimes,  vices  and  misery  which  exists  among  as,  I  am  desirous  to  do  all  in 
my  power  for  its  prevention  and  cure  by  establishing  in  Gloucester,  the  place  of  my 


EARLY  RECORDS.  77 

ancestors,  and  in  Cambridge,  my  present  place  of  residence,  a  permanent  salary,  to  be 
paid  to  sonic  worthy  man  in  each  place,  who  has  discretion  and  zeal  for  the  cause,  to 
be  constantly  employed  as  a  missionary  in  the  cause  of  Temperance  in  reforming  old 
drunkards  and  preventing  yonng  drunkards,  and  abolishing  as  far  as  possible  the  use 
of  all  intoxicating  articles.  I  therefore  give  and  bequeath  to  the  town  of  Gloucester 
the  sum  of  $10,000,  and  to  the  city  of  Cambridge  the  like  sum  of  .$10,000,  to  be  held  as 
permanent  funds,  the  interest  of  which  shall  be  paid  quarterly  as  salaries  to  those  pre- 
sons  employed  for  the  above  named  purpose  in  those  places,  so  long  as  the  vice  of 
drunkenness  there  exists." 

Besides  this  sou,  Mr.  Thomas  Sanders,  of  Salem,  left  a  son  George 
T.,  a  daughter  Catherine,  wife  of  Dudley  L.  Pickman  ;  a  daughter 
Mary  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Hon.  Leverett  Saltonstall ;  and  a  daughter  Car- 
oline, wife  of  Nathaniel  Saltonstall. 

Joseph,  youngest  son  of  Hon.  Thomas  Sanders,  born  Nov.  29,  1772, 
married,  according  to  the  Edgartown  records,  Eliza  Allen,  Nov.  18, 
1801.  She  took  for  second  husband,  Oct.  10,  1806,  Joseph  Kenrick, 
of  Rochester.  The  house  built  by  Mr.  Sanders  on  Middle  street  in 
1764,  and  still  standing,  together  with  four  acres  of  land  and  orchard, 
was  sold  after  his  death  to  John  Beach  for  £1050. 

Joseph,  son  of  the  second  Thomas,  born  April  9,  1737,  married 
Anna  Stevens,  May  12,  1760,  but  their  wedded  life  was  of  short  dura- 
tion. Mr.  Chandler  records  in  his  journal, — Dec.  10,  1761,  "In  the 
evening,  about  nine  o'clock,  was  sent  for  to  see  Joseph  Sanders  ;  talked 
with  him  sometime  and  prayed  ;  after  which  he  fell  into  a  delirium  ;  to 
a  high  degree  distracted  ;  it  took  six  men  to  keep  him  in  bed.  I  came 
home  about  ten  o'clock  in  the  morning;"  and  again  Dec.  23,  "  I  was 
called  up  early  to  see  Joseph  Sanders;  found  him  dying;  he  died  about 
8  o'clock."  His  widow  married  Dr.  Samuel  Plummer  Nov.  19,  1763. 
His  only  child,  Joseph,  became  a  shipmaster  and  died  in  Boston  about 
Jan.  7,  1830,  aged  70,  leaving  a  daughter  Nancy  Olive,  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Coffin  ;  his  only  child  as  far  as  I  have  knowledge. 

Bradbury,  third  and  youngest  son  of  the  second  Thomas,  born  Aug. 
23,  1742,  became  a  ship  master  and  merchant.  He  was  a  patriot  of 
the  Revolution  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  repulse  of  Linzee  in  1775. 
The  date  of  his  death  is  not  known,  but  it  is  certain  that  he  was  dead 
in  1783.  His  wife  was  Anna,  daughter  of  Capt.  James  Babson.  His  daugh- 
ter Anna,  married  her  cousin,  Capt.  Joseph  Sanders;  another,  Abigail,, 
married  Capt.  William  Hutchings,  and  another,  Mary,  married  Capt. 
Daniel  Rogers.  He  had  a  son  Bradbury  of  whose  career  and  end  I  have 
no  knowledge.     He  married  Judith,  daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  Foster* 


78  HISTOKY    OF    GLOUCESTER : 

who,  in  company  with  Miss  Clementina  Beach,  conducted  n  popular 
boarding  school  for  young  ladies,  in  Dorchester,  in  the  early  part  of 
this  century.  Capt.  Bradbury  Sanders  probably  built  and  certainly  occu- 
pied the  large  gambrel-roofed  house  at  Rose  Bank,  still  standing,  though 
not  on  its  original  site.  In  the  "chamber  over  the  sitting  room"  there 
were,  at  his  death  "calimancoes,  green  broadcloth,  scarlet  broadcloth, 
shalloon,  calico,  handkerchiefs,  gloves,  cambric,  sewing  silk,  pins,  nee- 
dles, &c.,':  all  valued  at  £149,  and  indicating  that  here  was  kept  a  hun- 
dred years  ago  one  of  the  dry  goods  shops  of  the  town. 

Samuel  Griffin. — {Hist.  239.)      There  can  scarcely  be  a  doubt  that 
he  was  of  the  family  of  Humphrey  of  Ipswich.     The   latter  was  born 
about  1(505,  of  course  in  England,  and  came  to  Ipswich   in  1639,  when 
the  town  refused  to  receive  him  "as  an  inhabitant  to  provide  for  him  as 
inhabitants  formerly  received,  the  town  being  full."     He,  however,  be- 
came a  commoner,  in  1641,  by  the  purchase  of  a  house  and  land.      His 
wife  Joanna  died  July  19,  1657.      He  seems   to  have  removed  to  Row- 
ley, where  he  died  about  September,   1662,  leaving  a  wife   Elizabeth, 
who  married   a  Sherritt  of  Haverhill,  and  died   in    1670.      Besides  two 
daughters,  he  left  sons,  John,  Nathaniel  and  Samuel.     The  first  two  of 
the  sons  appear  to  have  settled  in  Haverhill  or  its  vicinity,  but  Samuel 
was  still  an   inhabitant  of  Ipswich  in  1677,  when  he  swore  allegiance, 
.and  in  1684,  when  he  had  a  wife  Lydia,  and  a  daughter  Elizabeth  who 
•died  in  that  year.     It  is  a  reasonable  supposition  that  the  death  of  this 
Samuel  followed  not  long  afterwards,  and  that  his  widow  Lydia  was  the 
Lydia  Griffin  who  became  the  second  wife  of  Henry  Witham  of  Anni- 
squarn,  Gloucester,  Oct.   23,    1691,  and  that  she   brought  to  her  new 
'home  a  son  Samuel,  then  a  boy,  who,  Dec.  18,  1703,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Samuel  York,  who  was   settled   in  that  part  of  the  town. 
She  probably  died  before  her  husband,  for  he  must   have  been  the  Sam- 
uel  Griffin  who  was    intending  marriage  with  Abigail  Carter,  July  26, 
1755.     All  that  we   know  further  about  him  is  that  he  had  a  son  Sam- 
uel baptized  July  8,  1705  ;  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Oct.  26,  1707  ;  Ado- 
niram,  June  3,  1711  ;  Daniel,  July  3,  1715  ;  and  a  daughter  Lydia  born 
June  9,  1717.     The  date  of  his  death  is   not   known,  but  there  is  good 
ground  for  believing  that  he  died  about  1764,  when  he  must  have  been 
upwards  of  eighty  years  of  age. 

Samuel,  son  of  the  preceding,  married  Margaret  Burnham,  of  Ips- 
wich, Oct.  28,  1729.  He  engaged  in  farming  and  in  maritime  business, 
was  a  deacon   of  the  third  church,  man}'  years  a   selectman,  and  died 


EARLY    RECORDS.  70 

about  Jan.  1,  1794,  eighty-six  3'ears  old.  His  will  presented  for  pro- 
bate in  February  following,  was  "disallowed  and  disapproved"  in  conse- 
quence of  "erasements,"  and  his  son  Thomas  was  appointed  administrator 
of  his  estate,  of  which  an  inventory  was  presented  Jan.  2,  1797,  show- 
ing that  all  old  age  and  "erasements"  had  left  was  $56.92.  At  the  date 
of  his  will,  Nov.  10,  1785,  his  wife  Margaret  was  still  living,  as  were 
also  his  sons  Samuel,  Thomas  and  Nathaniel,  and  three  daughters. 

Samuel,  oldest  son  of  the  preceding,  born  April  5,  1732,  was  intend- 
ing marriage  with  Elizabeth  Burnham  of  Ipswich  June  6,  1754.  The 
marriage  soon  followed,  without  doubt,  and  it  proved  a  fruitful  one,  pro- 
ducing, according  to  the  church  record  of  baptisms,  as  many  as  thirteen 
children,  among  whom  are  found  James,  who  died  Aug.  12,  1828,  aged 
seventy-three;  Peter,  Samuel,  Joel  and  David,  and  a  blind  daughter, 
Margaret.  The  father  himself  became  blind,  and  died  June  8,  181 2> 
aged  eighty-one.  Thomas,  next  son  of  Samuel  second,  born  June  12, 
1834,  married  Judith  Robinson,  by  whom  his  children  were  born,  but 
he  had  a  second  wife,  Lydia.  His  will  shows  that  he  died  at  sixty-one, 
and  that  he  left  an  only  surviving  son,  John  Robinson,  and  several 
daughters.  It  provides  that  his  deceased  wife,  Judith,  son  Thomas, 
and  daughters  Lydia  and  Sally  Davis,  shall  have  tomb-stones.  He  left 
an  estate  of  $2200. 

Nathaniel,  the  next  son,  born  April  9,  1743,  married  Frances  Babson 
Dec.  19,  1765.  Besides  daughters  he  had  sons  Nathaniel,  Dudley  and 
William,  the  first  two  of  whom  were,  in  1785,  put  under  guardianship 
of  their  uncle  Thomas,  probably  on  account  of  the  infirm  mind  of  their 
father,  of  whose  death  no  record  is  found.  The  funeral  of  a  widow, 
Fanny  Griffin,  took  place  March  2,  1807. 

Adoniram,  son  of  the  first  Gloucester  Samuel,  married  Hannah  Goss, 
Nov.  5,  1732,  and  had  a  son  of  the  same  name  born  June  25,  1735,  who 
married  Susanna  Pierce,  Jan.  24,  1760.  He  also  had  a  son  John  and 
two  daughters,  of  all  of  whom  or  of  father  or  mother  nothing  more  can 
be  told  by  me. 

Daniel,  the  other  son  of  the  first  Samuel,  married  Sarah  Riggs,  Jan. 
24,  1735,  and  Rachel  Harraden,  April  28,  1741.  By  the  first  wife  he 
had  a  son  Daniel,  born  Oct.  20,  1735,  and  a  son  Ambrose,  who  was 
baptized  Feb.  27,  1737.  The  town  records  give  no  children  by  the  sec- 
ond, but  the  'Squam  records  show  the  baptism  of  two  sons,  Daniel  and 
Benjamin,  and  four  daughters.     Of  the  parents  I  know  no  more,  unless 


80  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

they  are  the  parties  mentioned  in  the  Probate  record,  which  show  that 
administration  of  estate  of  Daniel  Griffin,  late  of  Haverhill,  deceased, 
was  granted  to  his  widow  Rachel  Feb.  16,  17(51 .  Among-  the  charges 
in  the  settlement  of  her  account,  was  one  for  "bringing  up  three  young 
children  since  Feb.  7  last." 

Ambrose,  above  mentioned,  married  Deborah  Bntman  in  1763.  He 
was  lost  at  sea,  with  three  others,  on  a  voyage  to  the  Banks  in  a  violent 
gale,  in  April,  1774.  She  probably  was  the  widow  Deborah  Griffin, 
an  ao-ed  woman,  who  died  May  6,  1818.  The  records  of  the  'Squam 
church  have  the  baptisms  of  Ambrose,  Jonathan,  Deborah  and  Isaac, 
their  children  but  they  omit  John,  who  was  born  Oct.  18,  1771,  went 
at  the  age  of  about  ten  to  Freeport,  Me.,  with  Aaron  Lnfkin,  who  mar- 
ried his  mother's  sister.  He  was  a  mariner  till  he  was  sixty  years  old, 
and  died  Aug.  18,  1844,  leaving  issue  in  Freeport. 

Descendants  of  this  Samuel  Griffin  are  numerous-,  and  there  are  many 
of  another  Samuel,  probably  of   the  same  stock,   who    married  Mary 
York,  Jan.  1,  1736,  and  settled  at  Annisquam.     His  wife  died  Sept.  10, 
1767,  aged  50,  and  he  appears  to  have  taken  for  second  wife  Hannah 
Dane,  of  Ipswich,  who  died  Dec.  10,   1774,  aged  45.     He  was  a  car- 
penter by  trade  and  died  Jan.  15,  1781,  of  jaundice,  after  languishing 
for  some  considerable  time.     The  'Squam  church  records  say  that  "  he 
was  a  member  of  the  church  for  many  years,  and  was  well  esteemed.    He 
was  firm  and  shaken  in  the  doctrines  of  free  grace  in  an  exalted  Divine 
Redeemer  and  Saviour."     His  oldest  son,  Jonathan,  born  in  1737,  mar- 
ried Mary  Riggs,  and  died  before  1791.     She  died  May  5,  1806.     Their 
son  Joseph  was  drowned  at  sea  on  a  voyage  from  Europe,  but  many 
children   survived.     Oliver,    next  son   of  this   Samuel,   married   Mary 
Wise,   March,  1763,  who  died  7  June,  1821,  aged  about  80.     He  died 
in  June,  1815,  aged  76.     He  seems  to  have  been  a  mariner  most  of  his 
life,  and  the  sea  offered  a  fatal  employment  to  all  of  his  sons.    The  old- 
est, Oliver,  was  killed  on  board  of  a  privateer  in  the  revolutionary  war. 
Another  Oliver  perished  at  sea  in  the  ship  Winthrop  &  Mary,  about 
1800.    Eliphalet  died  of  West  India  fever  at  the  Vineyard,  Oct.,  1813. 
Capt.   Gustavus  Griffin,  another  son,  died  Feb.  11,  1807,  just  in  from 
sea;  and  Tristram,  another,  mate  of  a  brig,  died  at  sea  in  Feb.,  1822. 
Epes,  another,  two  of  whose  sons,  Epes  and  Oliver,  perished  at  sea  in 
1827,  died  in  Mobile  in  1834.    Josiah,  third  son  of  this  Samuel,  married 
Rachel  Lane  in  1784,  settled  in  Sandy  Ray,  and  died  about  1790.  James, 


EARLY    RECORDS.  81 

the  next  son,  married  Judith  Woodbury,  Dec.  17,  1778,  and  died  Jan. 
7,  181G,  aged  61.  Andrew,  the  youngest,  deacon  of  the  'Squam  Church, 
died  Nov.  27,  1829,  aged  71. 

Benj.  Averill.  His  ten  children  were  James,  born  1703  ;  Benja- 
min, 1706,  died  in  1723;  Joseph,  1708;  John,  1711;  Jonathan,  1714; 
Mary,  1717;  David,  1720;  Samuel,  1722;  Abigail,  1724;  and  Rachel, 
1728.  Two  of  the  sons  married  and  had  issue.  James  died  before  15 
April,  1740,  when  Josiah  Haskell  was  paid  £12  O.  T.  for  keeping  Ben- 
jamin, his  son,  from  the  day  of  his  father's  death  till  that  date. 

James  Godfrey,  by  his  wife  Hannah,  had  Mary,  born  in  1703;  Abi- 
gail, 1707,  died  1726  ;  Eunice,  1713  ;  and  Hannah,  1724.  Eunice  mar- 
ried Isaac  Somes,  Dc^  17,  1730,  and  died  before  1744.  Feb.  16,1756, 
a  Mrs.  Godfrey  fell  down  on  the  rock  of  the  door  and  died  about  12 
hours  after. 

Benjamin  Hoppin  (Hist.,  246).  His  son  Benjamin  married  Mary 
Day,  and  becoming  a  widower,  married  in  1745,  at  Attleborough,  Phe- 
be,  widow  of  Aaron  Davis.  She  was  probably  daughter  of  Timothy 
Day,  of  Gloucester.  Hannah  Hoppin,  sister  of  Benjamin,  married 
Joseph  Day,  jr.,  in  1731.  The  name  has  been  transmitted  to  distin- 
guished descendants  in  Rhode  Island. 

The  following  is  the  petition  alluded  to  in  the  History,  page  306. 

To  the  Hon.  Jos.  Dudley,  Esq.,  &c,  &c,  March  10,  1703.  The  humble  address  &  pe- 
tition of  the  Selectmen  of  Gloucester  in  behalf  of  said  town  of  Gloucester.  Humbly 
sheweth  that  whereas  we  are  a  frontier  town  by  sea  and  lay  very  much  exposed  to  the  clan- 
ger of  the  inroads  of  any  foreign  enemy,  our  harbor  being  very  bold  and  safe  for  any 
enemy  to  come  into  and  make  au  assault  upon  us,  and  we  being  but  a  small  place  and 
very  much  scattered,  and  being  very  poor  and  not  capable  to  make  a  defence  for  our 
own  safety  and  security,  and  there  being  a  very  convenient  place  of  a  small  island  or 
neck  of  land  out  into  our  Harbor  for  the  erecting  or  building  a  fort  or  fortification 
upon,  that  may  command  our  whole  harbor  which,  if  done,  may  be  of  great  use  and  ser- 
vice to  the  whole  province,  as  'well  as  a  safety  and  security  to  ourselves,  our  harbour 
laying  so  convenient  that  many  vessels  that  are  outward  bound,  as  well  as  those  that 
are  coming  in,  are  forced  to  put  in  there  for  a  shelter,  our  harbour  being  very  seldom 
free  of  vessels,  and  in  the  condition  that  we  now  are  they  are  liable  as  well  as  our- 
selves to  be  exposed  to  the  assaults  of  an  enemy,  it  being  an  easy  matter  for  an  enemy 
to  come  into  our  haibour,  and  to  take  away  any  vi  ssel  or  vessels  as  they  lay  at  anchor, 
and  we  are  in  no  capacity  to  withstand  or  oppose  them.  We  would  therefore  humbly 
request  and  pray  that  this  Honourable  Court  would  please  to  consider  our  case  and  the 
circumstances  of  it,  and  that  they  would  please  to  grant  that  a  fortification  may  be  erec- 
ted on  said  island  or  neck  of  land  for  her  majesty's  service  at  the  province  charge,  it 
being  likely  to  be  of  such  public  benefit  to  the  province  as  well  as  security  to  ourselves, 
and  that  your  honors  would  please  to  grant  so  many  guns  and  so  much  ammunition  as 
in  your  wisdom  you  shall  think  meet  and  convenient  for  the  supply  of  said  fortifica- 
tion, and  so  hoping  &  believing  that  your  Honours  will  take  into  your  serious  consid- 


82  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

eration  mir  distressed  case  and  will  grant  our  petition  in  this  matter,  which  if  you 
please  to  do  we  shall  be  encouraged  to  pray  as  in  duty  bound  &  subscribe  ourselves 
your  honors'  humble  petitioners  and  humble  servants, 

T.  Riggs,  \V.  Sargent,  Saml  Sargent,  John  Parsons. 

1704,  June  9. — A  (\:\y  of  great  excitement  and  not  a  little  fright 
on  Cape  Ann,  without  doubt.  Upon  report  that  several  pirates  lately 
belonging  to  the  brigantine  Charles,  John  Queleh,  commander,  were 
seen,  double  armed,  in  a  lone  house  in  the  town,  the  governor  ordered 
a  force  to  be  sent  in  pursuit  of  them.  Upon  arriving  at  Gloucester  it 
was  found  that  the  men  had  been  taken  on  board  of  a  vessel  called  the 
Lanimore  Galley  which  was  then  sailing  away  to  the  eastward.  An  ex- 
pedition was  immediately  organized  by  Major  Stephen  Sewall,  who 
with  a  fishing  shallop,  a  pinnace  and  forty-two  men  started  in  pursuit 
and  succeeded  in  getting  possession  of  the  Galley  and  men  at  the  Isles 
of  Shoals.  Two  of  the  pirates  still  remained  on  the  Cape,  but  these 
were  soon  secured,  and  one  of  them,  with  live  others  of  the  gang  taken 
by  Major  Sewall,  was  hung  in  Boston,  June  30.  See  5  Mass.  Hist. 
Coll.,  VI.,  103  et  seq.,  where  much  more  about  this  affair  may  be  found. 

NEW  SETTLERS. 

John  Burrill  and  wife  Hannah  have  birth  of  a  son  John  recorded 
March  25,  and  two  daughters  in  subsequent  years.  The  name  again 
appears  Jan.  11,  1737,  when  an  Abraham  Burrill  married  Mary  Row, 
by  whom  his  son  Abraham  was  born  Sept.  7,  the  same  year,  but  noth- 
ing more  can  be  said  of  any  one  of  them. 

Dan'l  Gutridge,  perhaps  Goodridge,  had  hy  his  wife  Mary  a  son 
Daniel  born  this  year,  a  daughter  Hannah  in  1707,  and  daughter  Mary, 
baptized  in  1707.  A  John  Goodridge  and  wife  Hannah  appear  in  1710, 
and,  besides  other  children,  had  sons  John  and  James,  by  whom  the 
name  was  probably  perpetuated  in  town.  The  inventory  of  the  estate 
of  a  John  Goodridge  is  found  in  the  Probate  Records  Nov.  15,  1754. 
A  William  Goodridge  and  Ruth  Eveleth  were  married  Oct.  25,  1733. 
He,  it  is  to  be  supposed,  was  the  Captain  Win.  Goodridge  who  was  in- 
tending marriage  with  Sarah  Bray,  widow,  Nov.  1,  1755.  The  town 
records  give  him  two  children,  to  which  number  the  records  of  the  West 
Parish  church  add  ten  more.  A  widow  Ann  Goodridge,  widow  of  John 
without  doubt,  died  in  1759.  A  Benjamin  Goodridge  and  Rebecca 
Giddings  were  married  Jan.  23,  1746,  and  had  Elizabeth,  1748,  who 
died  in  1752. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  83 

John  Gilbert,  housewright  {Hid.  240),  settled  in  town  this  year. 
Humphrey  Gilbert  of  Ipswich  was  a  commoner  in  1641.  lie  was  horn 
about  1616,  and  his  age  corresponds  almost  exactly  with  that  of  a  Hum- 
phrey, son  of  Raleigh  Gilbert,  and  grandson  of  Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert, 
the  distinguished  navigator,  but  the  emigrant  was  not  probably  that  son. 
The  Ipswich  settler  bought  a  house  and  land  in  that  town  Feb.  5,  1650, 
and  died  Feb.  13,  1658,  leaving  a  son  John  and  four  daughters.  The 
son,  without  doubt,  was  Deacon  John  Gilbert  of  Hamilton,  who  married 
Elizabeth  Kcilam  Sept.  27,  1677,  and  died  March  17,  1722.  He  had 
a  son  John,  born  Jnly  14,  1678,  who,  it  may  be  reasonably  presumed, 
was  the  John  Gilbert,  Jr.,  of  Ipswich,  who  was  intending  marriage 
with  Martha  Dodge  of  Beverly,  Dec.  23,  1699,  and  the  same  John  who, 
with  his  wife  Martha,  settled  in  Gloucester  in  1704.  His  children,  born 
before  the  removal,  were  Sarah,  born  in  1700,  probably  married  George 
Williams,  a  seaman  ;  John,  1701,  and  Abigail,  1703,  died  same  year. 
Those  born  here  were  Abigail,  1707,  probably  married  Benjamin  Trask 
of  Salem;  Hannah,  1709;  William  1712  ;  Jonathan,  1713;  Martha, 
1717  ;  and  Elizabeth.  The  date  of  the  father's  death  is  not  known, 
but  administration  of  his  estate  was  granted  to  his  son  Jonathan,  May 
25,  1752.  By  this  son  alone,  so  far  as  I  know,  has  the  name  been  per- 
petuated in  town.  He  died  May  9,  1800,  aged  87.  His  wife  died  in 
Jan.,  1791,  aged  76. 

John  Gilbert,  merchant  of  Boston,  March  2,  1716,  conveys  to  Wal- 
ter Newbury  of  Boston,  "my  Island  in  Gloucester,  surrounded  by  the 
sea  in  the  harbor  of  Gloucester  (20  acres  more  or  less)  with  houses  &c 
bo't  of  exr's  of  Jonathan  Springer."  I  know  not  if  Kettle  Island  be 
here  meant,  or  if  our  John  Gilbert  was  ever  its  owner,  though  it  was 
near  his  home. 

1705. — The  expenses  of  the  town  this  }-ear  include  the  following: 
Edward  Haraden  for  building  a  watch  house  on  the  neck  of  land  called 
Elwell's  Neck  near  Hodgkins'  Cove.  Thomas  Sawyer  for  repairs  on  the 
watch  house  in  the  harbor  and  4  1-2  cords  of  wood  for  same,  £1  Is  2d. 
Capt.  Nathaniel  Coit  forgoing  representative  to  the  General  Court  12 
weeks  and  four  days  services  at  £1  per  week. 

Win.  Woodbury  [Hist.  256)  who  came  from  Beverly  this  year  and 
settled  on  the  north  side  of  the  Cape,  left  an  estate  of  £300  10s.  His 
widow,  Judith,  married  Deacon  James  Lane  in  1715,  and  died  Aug. 
29,  17  70,  aged  eighty-five.  Judith,  his  "daughter  and  heiress,"  prob- 
ably married  William  Norwood,  and  died  Jnlj'  19,  1775. 


84  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER : 

Caleb  Woodbury,  probably  not  a  son  of  the  preceding,  is  also  found 
on  the  north  side  of  the  Cape,  Nov.  27,  1718,  when  he  married  Heph- 
zibah,  daughter  of  John  Lane.  She  died  Feb.  12,  1732,  and  he  next 
married  Abial  Morgan  of  Beverly,  Sept.  14,  same  year.  He  appears 
to  have  become  a  widower  again  soon,  and  to  have  married  Anna,  prob- 
ably widow  of  John  Thomas,  Aug.  14,  1738.  His  children  were  Wil- 
liam, born  in  1721;  Hannah,  1723;  Rebecca,  1726  ;  Caleb,  1728;  An- 
drew and  Peter,  1730;  Rachel,  1732;  Anna,  1733;  John,  1739,  and 
Walter,  1741.  It  appears  that  each  of  the  sons  married  and  had  issue, 
of  whom  descendants,  bearing  the  name  are  still  to  be  found  around 
the  home  of  their  ancestors.  Caleb  Woodbury,  jr.,  married  Lois  Mer- 
chant Nov.  22,  1748.  They  and  their  children,  Caleb,  jr.,  Lois,  Lem- 
uel, Walter,  and  Roger,  having  removed  to  Newbury,  were  warned  out 
of  that  town  in  17G3. 

An  Andrew  Woodbury,  not  apparently  connected  with  either  of  the 
preceding,  appears  as  a  settler  at  the  harbor,  Feb.  7,  1735,  when  he 
married  Lydia  El  well.  Among  his  children  were  a  son  John,  born  May 
3,  1744,  who  married  Hannah  lladley,  Nov.  3,  1765,  and,  besides  other 
children,  had  a  son  John,  born  May  1,  1766,  probably  the  Capt.  John 
Woodbury,  who  died  Sept.  2,  1836,  aged  seventy.  Capt.  Andrew 
Woodbury,  who  died  Aug.  10,  1807,  in  his  61st  year,  was  probably 
another  son  of  Andrew  and  Lydia.  He  left  a  wife  Martha,  who  died 
August  1,  1821,  aged  75. 

Thomas  Wise  and  wife  Elizabeth  had  a  daughter  Dorcas,  born  June 
15,  and  a  son  John  baptized  Nov.  20,  1709.  He  was  under  church  cen- 
sure March  21,  1723,  but  was  soon  after  restored,  and,  with  his  wife, 
dismissed  to  the  church  in  Attleboro.  Others  of  this  name  appear  in 
later  years.  John  'Wise  married  Honor  Tarr,  Nov.  2,  1712,  and  had 
Abigail,  born  in  1712,  and  William,  1715.  The  father  was  lost  at  sea 
on  a  fishing  voyage  in  1717,  and  his  widow  married  JohnWouson.  A 
Joseph  Wise  and  Hepsibah  Bridges  were  married  Nov.  7,  1718,  and  had 
Lucy,  born  in  1719;  Hepsibah,  1721;  Elizabeth,  1723;  Joseph,  1725; 
Joseph,  again,  1728  ;  and  John,  1732.  A  Benjamin  Wise  married  Pru- 
dence, daughter  of  Samuel  Gott,  Oct.  16,  1721,  and  had  a  daughter 
Mary,  born  Aug.  24,  1722. 

1706.— John  Mariner  (Hist.  256).  lie  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
James  Sawyer,  April  1,  1  708.  She  died  Aug.  26,  1724,  aged  forty-one, 
and  he  next  married  Mary  Cobb,  Feb.  16,  1725.  His  children  were 
Sarah,  born  in   1709;    Elizabeth,    1712;  John,    1716;  Joseph,    1719; 


EARLY    RECORDS.  85 

Rachel,  1724;  and  Maiy,  1727.  It  docs  not  appear  that  cither  of  the 
sons  perpetuated  the  name  in  town. 

John  Coy  {Hist.  256)  came  this  year.  The  Probate  records  give 
inventory  of  his  estate,  March  26,  1735,  amounting  to  £783  10s.  The 
"old  widow  Coy*'  who  died  at  Kettle  Cove,  March  8,  17G3,  was  prob- 
ably his  wife.  It  is  not  known  that  he  left  a  son.  The  records  of  the 
Second  church  have  the  death  of  a  widow  Coy,  July,  1793,  aged  about 
eighty,  and  of  a  Mr.  Coy,  "of  the  Cove,"  August  8,  1820,  aged  about 
seventy.  He  was  probably  the  John  Coy  who  married  Molly  Millet, 
Nov.  28,  1773. 

1707. — Peter  Lurvey  came  this  }'ear  from  Ipswich.  His  wife  Love 
died  May  28,  1709,  and  he  next  married,  April  29,  1710,  Rachel  El- 
well,  by  whom  he  had  Peter,  1711;  Jacob,  1712;  Benjamin,  1714; 
Joseph,  1715;  Eliezcr,  1717;  William,  1719;  and  Job,  1721.  The 
father  died  Jan.  18,  1721,  aged  forty-four.  Five  of  the  above  named 
sons  appear  to  have  married  in  town,  and  also  an  Ebenezer,  baptized 
Aug.  11,  1717  ;  but  no  Eliczer  is  found  among  the  baptisms,  though  he 
goes  among  the  married  sons.  The  name  has  been  perpetuated  in  town 
down  to  the  present  time. 

Josiah  Tainer  {Hist.  256).  He  and  his  wife  Rebekah  sold  land  in 
Marbk'head,  Nov.,  170(3,  to  his  brother  Elias,  fisherman.  His  father 
was  Thomas  Tainer.  His  children  born  in  Gloucester  were  Rebekah, 
1707;  Job,  1708;  and  Deborah,  1711. 

John  Williams,  perhaps  son  of  the  John  who  first  appears  this  year, 
married  Jane  Robinson  April  4,  1720,  and  had  John,  born  in  1721,  died 
soon;  Evan,  1722;  Mary,  1724,  died  1727;  John,  1726;  Mary,  1728; 
Abraham,  1733  ;  and  Elizabeth,  1735.  By  three  of  these  sons  the  name 
was  perpetuated  in  town.  Abraham  was  one  of  the  sufferers  by  the 
great  disaster  at  sea  which  wrecked  so  many  of  our  fishing  fleet  in  1766. 
Abraham,  a  revolutionary  pensioner,  died  in  October,  1837,  aged  79. 

April  23.  Anthony  Day,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year.  The  age 
both  of  himself  and  wife,  as  given  in  the  history  from  the  records,  is, 
without  doubt,  much  exaggerated.  He  called  himself  37  in  1663.  The 
wife  of  his  son  John  was  Abigail  Leach.  Timothy  Day,  son  of  the  first 
Timothy,  died  in  the  Second  parish,  Sept.  16,  1757,  aged  77.  He  had 
a  brother  Ebenezer  who  had  probably  been  the  husband  of  the  "old  widow 
Ebenezer  Day"  who  died  in  the  same  parish,  April  1,  1771.  A  Stephen 
Day  was  lost  on  a  fishing  voyage  in  1736.  An  Isaac  Day  was  a  prisoner 
in  Mill  Prison,  England,  in  1781. 


86  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

1708. — Samuel  Stockbridge  and  Mary  Villars  were  married  Oet. 
31,  and  had  Samuel,  born  1709;  Benjamin,  1711,  died  soon;  Mary, 
1712;  John,  1714;  and  Benjamin  again,  1715.  The  oldest  may  have 
been  the  Samuel  who  had  a  wife  Ruth,  by  whom  his  son  Benjamin  was 
born  in  1734  and  the  hitter  was  probably  the  Benjamin  who  was  intend- 
ing marriage  with  Eunice  Gott,  Nov.  15,  1755.  A  Benjamin  of  Sandy 
Bay  married  Elizabeth  Dresser  about  1778  and  removed  to  Deer  Isl- 
and, Me.  A  Charles  Stockbridge  married  Sarah  Low,  Nov.  27,  1739, 
and  had  children,  but  lie  was  dead  in  1749,  when  his  widow  married 
Jonathan  Hodgkins. 

Peter  Dolliver    bought  in  1708  land  near  Vinson's  Cove  on  which 
his  descendants  have  continued  to  live  to  the  present  time.     Perhaps  he 
was  of  Marblehead  origin,  for  Joseph,  sen.,  of  that  town,  June  30, 
1688,  made  his  will,  in  which  is  mentioned  a  son  Peter  who  also  had  a 
son  Peter.  Peterof  Gloucesterinay  have  been  the  Mr.  Dolliver  mentioned 
in  Mr.  Chandler's  journal,   March  2,   1752,  "Mr.  Dolliver  died  last 
night."  lie  also  may  have  brouht  to  town  a  sonPeter,  for  a  Peter  Dolliver 
and  Abigail  Sanders  were  married  Jan.  25,  1722,  and  had  William  born 
in  1724;  Peter,  1727;  Joseph,  1732;  John,  1741  ;   and  Abigail,  1743. 
The  father  died  of  small  pox  in  February,  1764;   William,  his  oldest 
son,  married  Mary  Merchant,  Dec.  3,  1745,  and  Abigail  Sanders  May 
14,  1759.      A  newspaper  record  says,  "May,  1772,  died  in  Gloucester, 
Capt.    Wm,    Dolliver,   at    an  advanced  age,"  but    this   William   was 
then  only  forty-eight.     His  widow,  Abigail,  died  in   1816.     lie  had 
by  his  first  wife  a  son  "William,  born  in  1749,  and  by  his  second  a  son 
William,  born  Feb.  5,  17(52.     The  latter  was  probably  the  Wm.  Dolli- 
ver, 3d,  who  married  Sally,  daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  Foster,  Aug.  7, 
1790,  and  died  at  his  home  on  Middle  street,  March   22,  1828,  aged 
sixty-five.     Peter,  second  son  of  Peter  and  Abigail  Sanders  married 
first,  Abigail  Ingersol,  and  second,  June  17,  1770,  Esther  Rogers,  widow 
of  Capt.  Timothy  Rogers,  and  died  Feb.  5,  1806.     His  son  Peter,  born 
Oct.  8,  1753,  married  Harriet,  daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas  Sanders.     He 
was  a  captain  in   Col.   Sargent's  regiment  in  the  revolutionary  war,  af- 
terwards an  officer  in  the  Boston  Custom   House,  and  died  in  that  city, 
leaving  a  son  and  three  daughters.     William,  brother  of  the  preceding, 
born  Feb.    13,  1759,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Col.   Foster,  and 
died  Oct.  10,  1841.     He  also  served  in  the  revolutionary  army  and  was 
a  sea  captain  many  years.     lie  had  a  brother  Joseph,  concerning  whom 
I  can  add  nothing. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  87 

Joseph  born  in  1732,  third  son  of  Peter  and  Abigail,  probably  died 
in  1756,  for  Mr.  Chandler  records  in  his  journal  for  that  year,  "Nov. 
10,  I  visited  Joseph  Dolliver,  dangerously  sick  of  a  nervous  fever,"  and 
"NTov.  13,  Joseph  Dolliver  buried/' 

Paul  Dolliver  (Hist.  257)  appears  a  little  later  than  Peter  and 
might  naturally  be  associated  with  him  as  a  near  relative,  but  I  am  in- 
formed by  John  S.  Webber,  Esq.,  one  of  his  descendants,  that  Paul 
crime  from  the  county  of  Cornwall,  England,  about  1710.  His  chil- 
dren were  Mary,  born  in  1713;  Sarah,  1716;  Anna,  1719;  Sarah 
again,  1723  ;  and  Paul,  1728.  The  latter  married  Rachel  Barber,  Feb. 
27,  1749.  The  History  tells  of  his  death  at  sea  of  small  pox,  and  it 
seems  that  he  must  have  died  near  his  destined  port,  for  Mr.  "Webber 
says  he  was  buried  on  Milk  Island.  His  wife  died  June  15,  1820, 
a^ed  88.  Besides  two  sons  who  died  young,  he  had  three  daughters. 
Anna,  born  in  1755,  married  first  Capt.  John  Colson,  who  commanded 
a  privateer  in  the  revolutionary  war  and  perished  at  sea  with  all  his 
crew,  and  second,  Capt.  John  Somes,  first  President  of  the  Gloucester 
Bank,  and  died  without  issue  April  13,  1846,  aged  91;  Rachel,  born 
in  1758,  married  Abraham  Sawyer  in  1784,  and  died  Sept.  26,  1843, 
aged  85  ;  and  Mary,  born  in  1760,  who  married  Aaron  Parsons,  a  mer- 
chant of  the  town,  and  died  Oct.  11,  1816.  Mrs.  Rachel  Stevens, 
daughter  of  Mrs    Sawyer,  still  lives  at  the  great  age  of  ninety-five. 

1709. — John  Bishop  appears  in  town  only  at  the  baptism  of  his 
daughter  Sarah  at  the  First  chinch,  Oct.  2,  and  of  his  daughter  Pru- 
dence, August  17,  1712,  at  the  same. 

1710,  March.  By  vote  of  the  town  it  was  left  to  a  committee  to  lay 
out  two  acres  of  ground  near  the  head  of  the  harbor  or  cove  whereon  to 
set  up  a  house  for  a  school  dame  to  keep  school  in,  to  learn  children  to 
read,  knit  and  sew\ 

Considerable  excitement  must  have  prevailed  in  town  in  the  early 
part  of  this  year  in  consequence  of  the  event  mentioned  in  the  History, 
page  138.  The  letters  there  alluded  to  are  here  given,  preceded  by 
the  petition  from  Capt.  Robinson  which  procured  him  the  grant  for  ser- 
vices of  which  some  account  is  given  on  page  137. 

To  His  Excellency,  Joseph  Dudley,  Esq.,  Captain  General  and  Governor  in  Chief  of  the 
Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  the  Honorable  Council  and  representatives  to  Gen- 
eral Court  Assembled : 
The  petition  of  Andrew  Robinson,  of  Glocester,  Sheweth :     That  your  Petitioner 

useing  the  Imployment  of  Fishing  at  and  upon  the  Banks  of  Cape  Sables,  arid  having  a 


88  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

good  large  sloop,  made  his  application  to  His  Excellency  and  obtained  of  him  a  Commis- 
sion to  arm  and  equipp  his  said  sloop  in  warlike  manner  for  the  better  defence  of  him- 
self and  his  neighbors  against  the  insults  of  the  French  and  the  barbarous  savages, 
who  frequently  interrupt  them  in  their  fishing,  and  commit  outrages  upon  them; 
and  with  intent  if  a  suitable  opportunity  presented,  to  make  reprisal  for  the  loss  of  las 
vessell  taken  from  him  the  year  past,  and  to  do  other  spoiles  upon  the  enemy;  and 
may  it  please  your  Excellency  and  Honorables,  upon  the  2Cth  day  of  July  last,  your 
petitioner  stood  with  his  sloop  into  a  certain  bay  named  Margaret's  Bay  under  French 
colours,  having  nine  men  of  his  company,  in  hope  and  expectation  of  surprizing  some 
of  the  Indians.  And  it  so  happened  there  came  off  a  cannoa  with  five  Indians  in  her, 
kept  out  of  shot  and  drew  off  again  and  landed  three  of  their  company  ;  then  the  canoa 
returned  again  with  two  only, .who  came  somewhat  neere,  so  that  we  could  talk  to 
gether,  but  would  not  be  prevailed  with  to  come  on  board,  but  were  making  towards 
the  shoar  again;  so  we  struck  our  french  col  >rs  &  fired  on  them  and  kild  one  and  broke 
the  other's  arm,  and  with  a  second  shot  kild  him  outright;  both  falling  forward  on 
their  faces  in  the  canoa,  which  we  recovered,  and  the  dead  bodys,  being  two  lusty 
men,  one  gun  and  four  hatchetts;  we  scalped  the  said  indians,  and  have  returned  the 
scalps  into  the  Secretary's  office;  And  would  well  hope  we  are  within  the  act  of  the 
government  made  to  encourage  the  prosecution  of  the  indian  enemy  and  rebels  and 
entitled  to  the  premium  thereby  granted  ;  but  if  this  honorable  court  should  be  of  opin- 
ion that  we  cannot  have  a  claim  thereto  : 

Your  Petitioner  humbly  prays  in  behalf  of  himself  and  company,  that  such  gratifica- 
tion and  allowance  may  be  made  them  for  their  service,  as  to  enable  them  to  make  fur- 
ther enterprizes  against  the  Indians,  which  they  intend  with  God's  blessing  with  a 
greater  number  and  force,  if  their  past  action  be  acceptable  and  in  some  measure  sut- 
ably  rewarded  by  the  honorably  assembly. 

And  your  Petitioner  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray, 

Andrew  Robixson. 

Boston,  11th  August,  1709. 

("Recommended  as  a  good  service"  and  granted  £20,  12  pounds  for 
petitioner  and  8£  to  be  divided  among  the  crew. — 
Mass.  Archives,  Vol.  31,  page  57. 

The  cut  or  channel  connecting  Ipswich  and  Massachusetts  Bays,  hav- 
ing been  cleared  about  1705,  as  mentioned  in  the  History,  p.  8,  began 
to  be  useful  to  the  people  again  in  the  following  year,  when  the  own- 
ers of  twenty-eight  sloops,  belonging  to  the  town,  paid  the  annual  charge 
for  the  passage  of  their  vessels  through  it.  These  vessels  were  em- 
ployed in  carrying  wood,  a  business  that  seems  not  to  have  been  of 
long  continuance,  for,  in  1710,  the  number  so  employed  had  become  re- 
duced to  seventeen,  and  a  few  years  later  a  violent  storm  again  rendered 
it  impassable.  The  owners  of  the  sloops  who  used  the  passage  in  1710 
were  Elder  James  Sayward,  Isaac  Row,  George  Giddings,  Elias  El- 
well,  Nathaniel  Sargent,  Nathaniel  Parsons,  Nathan  Millett,  John  Riggs, 
John  Sawyer,  Joseph  Allen,  Lieut.  James  Davis,  Ebenezer  Davis,  Ben- 


EARLY  RECORDS.  89 

jamin  Avery,  Joseph  York,  Lieut.  John  Davis,  James  Lane  and  Eze- 
kiel  Day. 

Joseph  Pride  (Hist.  257)  was  a  new  settler  this  }7ear.  Besides 
Amy,  born  by  his  first  wife  Aug.  3,  1710,  he  had  John,  baptized  Dec. 
21,  1712,  and  Marah,  born  1716,  eight  days  before  the  death  of  the 
mother.  By  his  second  wife  Sarah,  he  had  Joseph,  born  in  1722,  died 
soon  ;  Sarah,  1724,  and  Hannah,  172(3. 

1711,  May  and  June. — Eleven  sloops  are  employed  in  carrying  516 
cords  what  f  wood  to  Mr.  Stephen  Minot,  Boston,  at  1.6  per  cord.  The 
largest,  belonging  to  Elder  James  Sayward,  carries  27  1-2  cords;  the 
smallest,  to  John  Babson,  and  carries  9  cords. 

John  Reading  and  wife  Jane  had  Benjamin,  born  June  9,  1711,  De- 
liverance, April  23,  1716,  and  he  died  Nov.  17,  1716,  aged  about  fif- 
ty-six. His  widow  married  Richard  Babson.  The  son  Benjamin  mar- 
ried Lydia  Thorndike  May  30,  1733,  by  whom  he  had  two  children, 
Lydia  and  Benjamin,  and  died  before  April,  1736.  His  widow  mar- 
ried Isaac  Somes,  who  was  lost  at  sea  in  1755,  and  she  is  said  to  have 
died  at  an  advanced  age  in  consequence  of  a  fall. 

Benjamin  Kinnicum  and  Margaret  Jodine  were  married  Feb.  8,  and 
had  John  born  Nov.  23,  died  Nov.  29,  1711  ;  Joseph,  April  6,  died  July 
14,  1717  ;  Mary,  1720  ;  Hannah,  1721  ;  Ann,  1725  ;  Sarah,  1727  ;  and 
Lydia,  1732. 

William  Hilton  and  Mary  Tucker  were  married  Nov.  20,  and  had 
Mary,  born  1712;  Sarah,  1715, died  1721  ;  William,  1717;  and  Eliza- 
beth, 1720.  The  mother  died  May  10,  1762,  aged  eighty.  William,  2d, 
married  Mary  Wharf  Sept.  22,  1741,  Anna  Penny,  Oct.  27,  1761,  and 
was  intending  marriage  with  Reuel  Lurvey  April  4,  1767.  The  rec- 
ords give  him  one  child,  Sarah,  born  Aug.  7,  1747. 

William  Mill  bury  and  Susanna  Row  were  married  Aug.  19,  and 
had  the  following  children  :  William,  Susanna,  Hannah,  John,  Mary, 
Sarah,  Martha,  Elizabeth  and  Ann.  It  does  not  appear  that  either  of 
the  sons  married  in  town. 

William  Andrews,  probably  son  of  Ensign  William  A.,  of  Che- 
bacco,  and  brother  to  the  wives  of  Samuel  Gott  and  Joshua  Nonvood, 
came  this  year  and  settled  near  his  sisters  at  the  northeast  end  of  the 
cape.  By  wife  Elizabeth,  he  had  Mary,  Jonathan  and  William  born 
here.  The  last  named  married  Ruth  Riggs  who  bore  him  several  chil- 
dren and  died  his  widow  July  22,  1779,  aged  fifty-five. 


90  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Joseph  WhistoD  and  wife  Hannah  appear  this  year  and  have  the 
following  children  rocorded  :  Hannah,  born  in  1712  ;  Ahagail,  1714; 
Joseph,  baptized  1717  ;  Mary,  born  in  1719  ;  John,  1721  ;  Sarah,  bap- 
tized 1723  ;  Sarah,  born  1724  ;  Mary,  1727,  died  soon  ;  Rebecca,  1728  ; 
Elizabeth,  1730  and  Gyles,  1732. 

John  Pearce,  not  known  to  have  belonged  to  the  family  of  the  first 
John,  by  wife  Mary  had  John,  born  Sept.  15,  died  Sept.  25,  1712.  A 
John  Pierce  and  Ruth  Hilton  were  married  Aug.  12,  1717,  and  had 
Mary,  born  1718  ;  Abigail,  1720  ;  Lucy,  1722  ;  and  John,  1725.  Perhaps 
the  latter  was  the  John  Pearce  who,  by  his  wife  Rebecca,  had  daughter 
Charity,   born   May   13,  1747. 

William  Parskee,  by  wife  Mary,  had  Mary,  born  Sept.  25,  and  noth- 
ing further  can  be  told  about  him. 

Thomas  Bryant  married  Mary  Joslyn  Oct.  28,  and  had  a  son  John 
baptized  Sept.  6,  1713,  and  a  daughter  Elizabeth,  born  Sept.  24,  same 
year.  In  1719  he  had  a  grant  of  half  an  acre  of  land  on  part  of  which 
his  house  was  standing.  A  William  Bryant  married  Sarah  Smallman, 
April  2.  1724. 

1713.  The  following  document  contains  a  particular  account  of  the 
capture  by  the  Indians  of  three  of  our  fishermen  at  Cape  Sable,  that  year, 
mentioned  in  the  History,  page  380. 

June  22.  The  information  of  Mr.  Richard  Yorke,  of  Gloucester, 
taken  June  22,  1713,  saith  that  on  Tuesday,  being  the  2d  day  of  this 
instant  June,  being  at  Cape  Sable  in  a  sloop  on  a  fishing  voyage,  and 
being  in  a  harbour  called  the  Owl's  Head,  with  my  sloop,  and  Mr.  John 
Prince,  of  said  Gloucester,  lying  by  me  with  his  sloop,  there  came  down 
to  the  water  side,  about  three  of  the  clock  in  the  afternoon,  two  Indian 
men  dressed  in  French  clothing,  with  a  kind  of  a  white  flag  on  a  stick, 
and  called  to  us  and  desired  us  to  come  on  shore,  and  said  they  had 
news  to  tell  us  and  showed  a  paper  which  they  said  they  had  from  Col. 
Vetch,  at  Port  Royal  ;  and  we  desired  them  to  come  on  board  our 
vessel,  and  they  said  they  had  no  canoe  and  could  not  come,  and, 
after  some  considerable  discourse  with  them,  one  of  my  men  and  one 
of  Mr.  Prince's  went  ashore  to  them  in  a  canoe,  as  namely,  James  Da- 
vis and  Josiah  Ingersoll,  and  they  carried  a  gun  with  them  in  said  ca- 
noe, and  when  they  came  to  the  shore  the  said  Indians  came  to  them 
and  told  the  Indians  that  it  was  peace  ;  and  the  Indians  said,  so  it  was,  or 
to  that  purpose,  and  shook  hands  with  the  men  and  said — "Now  Indians 


EARLY    RECORDS.  91 

and  Englishmen  all  own  brother,"  but  then  seeing  the  gun  that  was  in 
the  bottom  of  the  canoe  they  asked  them  why  they  brought  a  gun  with 
them,  for,  said  they,  "we  have  no  guns,"  and  would  have  had  the 
men  throw  their  gun  overboard.  The  men  told  them  that  they  would 
not  hurt  them  with  it.  Said  Indians  desired  them  to  go  on  board  and 
fetch  them  some  rum  and  tobacco.  The  said  men  asked  the  Indians 
to  go  on  board  with  them,  but  they  would  not,  except  that  one  of  them 
would  stay  on  shore,  and  then  one  of  the  Indians  would  go  aboard  ;  but 
neither  of  these  men  were  willing  to  stay,  so  they  came  on  board  and 
told  us  that  the  Indians  desired  to  have  some  rum  and  tobacco,  then 
two  other  of  our  men  went  into  the  canoe  to  go  on  shore — namely  Paul 
Dolliver  and  John  Sadler;  and  I  gave  them  a  small  pound  of  tobacco 
to  carry  and  give  them  and  bid  them  carry  a  bottle  (of  rum)  with  them, 
which  they  did,  and  when  they  came  to  the  shore,  one  of  the  English, 
as,  namely,  John  Sadler,  went  out  of  the  canoe  and  came  with  the  other 
men  on  board,  and  as  they  came  the  Indians  kept  singing  till  he  got  on 
board  and  when  he  was  got  on  board,  he  said — "now  all  good  friends," 
and  asked  who  was  the  skipper,  and  when  they  told  him,  said  Indian 
came  and  showed  me  a  paper,  but  it  was  so  much  [worn]  and  dusted 
that  we  could  not  read  it  so  as  to  make  sense  of  it,  but  supposed  it 
might  be  a  pass,  for  the  said  Indian  said  he  had  it  from  Gov.  Vetch, 
and  we  found  in  it  these  words  : — "be  kind  to  the  Indians ;"  and  after 
said  Indian  had  been  on  board  a  little  while,  the  Englishman  that  was 
left  on  shore  called  on  board  and  bade  us  bring  the  canoe  on  shore,  and 
said  the  other  Indian  would  come  on  board;  then  two  of  our  men,  as 
namely,  Paul  Dolliver  and  James  Davis  went  into  the  canoe  to  go  on 
shore,  and  when  they  came  off  the  shore  they  saw  two  Indians  with  the 
Englishmen  and  they  asked  them  if  they  would  go  on  board,  and  they 
said  "No,"  but  bade  them  go  and  fetch  the  Indian  on  shore  that  was  on 
board,  and  they  came  on  board  again  and  told  us  that  the  Indians  would 
not  come  on  board,  but  would  have  the  Indian  that  was  on  board  to 
come  on  shore.  Then  James  Davis  and  one  Josiah  Lane  went  to  set 
said  Indian  on  shore  and  to  bring  off  the  Englishman,  and  as  soon  as 
they  came  to  the  shore,  the  Indian  went  out  of  the  canoe,  and,  as  the 
said  Josiah  Lane  tells  me,  they  went  to  set  the  canoe  off,  but  the  In- 
dians laid  hold  of  the  painter  to  stop  them,  and  the  other  two  Indians 
came  and  laid  hold  of  the  painter  also,  and  they  hauled  the  canoe  up  on 
shore  ;  with  that  two  of  the  Englishmen,  as  namely,  James  Davis  and 


92  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Josiah  Lane,  skipt  out  of  the  canoe  into  the  water  to  swim  on  board,  but 
one  of  the  Indians  came  into  the  water  and  caught  said  James  Davis  imme- 
diately and  brought  him  on  shore,  and  the  other  two  Indians  went  with 
the  canoe  after  Josiah  Lane,  and  when  they  came  up  with  him  one  of  the 
Indians  took  his  hatchet  and  seemed  as  if  he  was  going  to  strike  at  him, 
but  did  not,  but  took  hold  of  him  and  hauled  him  on  shore,  and  when 
they  came  on  shore  there  were  several  more  Indians  that  were  come  out 
of  the  bushes  with  their  guns,  and  when  they  had  got  the  said  three 
Englishmen  together  they  sett  them  down,  as  said  Josiah  Lane  informed 
me,  and  said  they  would  carry  them  to  Port  Royal. 

Stephen  A}Ters  or  Ayer,  married  Martha  Caldwell  at  Ipswich  April 
2,  and  had  a  son  Stephen  born  in  1715.  The  father  was  master  of  a  fish- 
ing vessel  and  was  lost  at  sea  with  all  his  crew  in  1716.  It  does  not 
appear  how,  if  at  all,  he  was  connected  with  Thomas  who  married  Re- 
becca Currey,  June  17,  1724,  and  had  Thomas,  Rebecca,  Giffoid,  Wil- 
ford,  Ruth,  Ann,  Gilbert  and  Thomas,  again.  The  first  son  Thomas 
was  lost  in  the  expedition  to  Louisburg,  in  1745,  and  the  last  Thomas 
married  Esther  Witham  in  1768,  and  settled  in  New  Gloucester,  Me., 
where  she  died  March  27,  1840,  aged  ninety-two.  Gilbert  Ayer  prob- 
ably married  Mary  Goodridge  in  1762,  and  certainly  had  five  daugh- 
ters.    He  died  before  1792,  when  his  widow  married  William  Parsons. 

Isaac  Randall  and  Experience  Elwell  were  intending  marriage  in 
Feb.  1713,  and  had  Isaac  born  13  June,  died  28  Dec.  same  year;  Dor- 
cas, 1715;  Experience,  1717;  Isaac,  1720;  Susanna,  1721;  and  Ja- 
cob, 1723.  The  father  died  March  24,  1725,  aged  thirty-six,  and  his 
widow  married  Isaiah  Marsh. 

Samuel  Pearce  {Hist.  266)  by  wife  Mary  had  David  born  in  1713  ; 
Jonathan,  1716,  died  in  1717;  Hannah,  1718,  died  in  infancy:  Jona- 
than, again,  1719;  and  Joseph,  1725.  This  settler  probably  brought 
a  son  Samuel  who  was  the  Samuel,  jr.,  who,  by  his  wife  Elizabeth,  had 
Elizabeth,  born  in  1739  and  other  children  in  subsequent  years. 

John  Sadler  and  Sarah  Scott,  of  Rowley,  were  intending  marriage 
April  11,  1713,  and  had  a  daughter  Sarah  born  Oct.  1714. 

John  Stone  and  wife  Ruth  had  David  born  Nov.  23. 

The  Probate  Records  have  this  year  the  name  of  an  inhabitant  not 
elsewhere  seen.  June  26,  account  of  administration  of  estate  of  John 
Villum,  late  of  Gloucester,  deceased,  was  rendered.  The  items  are : 
Fish  sold  to  Mr.  Samuel  Stevens,  £60,  one  quarter  part  of  a  sloop  sold 


EARLY    RECORDS.  93 

to  Mr.  Stevens,  £50.     Total,  £133.4.     Balance,  £26,  one  quarter  each 
to  his  mother,  sisters  Mary  and  Elizabeth  and  brother  William. 

1716.  Peter  Duncan,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year.  Before  he 
settled  in  Gloucester  he  had  probably  resided  in  Boston,  where  he  had 
the  following  children  baptized  :  Martha,  Nov.  10,  1655  ;  Elizabeth, 
Feb.  28,  1657  ;  and  Mary,  Nov.  12,  1659. 

Oct.  21.  Being  Sabbath  day  also,  about  the  middle  of  the  day,  was 
a  time  of  great  darkness  for  an  hour  or  two.  The  air  had  been  very 
thick  with  smoke  a  week  or  fortnight  together  before,  and  on  said 
day,  the  wind  coming  northerly,  the  clouds  being  very  thick,  together 
with  the  smoke,  made  it  so  dark  for  some  time  that  people  could  not 
see  to  read  in  the  meeting  house. 

James  Hardy  and  Abigail  Row  were  married  Dec.  18,  1716.  He 
had  a  son  James  born  Dec.  3,  1718,  and  March  31,  1719,  he  had  a 
grant  of  a  huuse  lot.  His  will,  made  April  11,  1745,  was  proved  July 
25,  1748.  His  homestead,  one  small  dwelling  house  and  barn  and  five 
acres  of  land,  was  valued  at  £105,  and  a  small  log-house  and  25  poles 
of  land  at  £20.  His  widow  was  helped  by  the  town  several  years,  and, 
in  1768,  Lieut.  John  Row  was  paid  for  keeping  her  and  for  her  funeral 
expenses.  No  record  of  the  marriage  of  the  son  James  is  found,  but 
the  church  records  have  the  baptisms  of  four  of  his  children  : — Abigail 
in  1741;  James,  1743;  John,  1746;  and  William,  1751.  The  latter 
married  Elizabeth  Elwell  in  1790,  lived  on  Eastern  Point  and  died  there 
Aug.  29,  1806,  aged  fifty-five.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Henry  New- 
comb  and  widow  of  Samuel  Elwell  who  died  at  sea  in  the  revolutionary 
war.     She  died  May  3,  1849,  aged  ninety-five. 

Ichabod  Young  and  Abigail  Elwell  were  married  April  19.  He-was 
drowned  at  sea  in  Get.  1723.  His  children  were  Samuel,  born  in  1717, 
died  soon;  Abigail,  1718;  Samuel,  again,  1720,  died  1721;  and  Icha- 
bod, 1722.  The  next  of  the  name  appearing  in  town  was  William  who 
settled  in  'Squam,  where  he  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Joseph  York, 
Nov.  24,  1725,  and  had  William,  Sarah,  Abigail,  Hannah,  Ruth,  Jo- 
seph, and  Abigail,  again.  A  Joseph  Young,  from  Salem,  came  about 
1750,  and  had  children  baptized  in  the  first  parish,  but  appeared  to  have 
died  before  1760. 

1717,  May  18. — "There  was  an  earthquake.  About  sun  setting, 
the  earth,  the  rocks  and  the  houses  shook  and  trembled,  and  the  sound 
was  as  the  noise  of  great  thunder  at  some  distance.  It  continued  about 
the  space  of  a  minute." 


94  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

Moses  Prince,  brother  of  the  New  England  annalist,  writes  in  his  di- 
ary that  he  visited  Gloucester,  and  saw  a  carriage  there  of  two  wheels, 
for  two  horses,  which  Capt.  Robinson,  who  first  gave  the  name  of 
schooner  to  a  vessel,  had  built  for  his  wife. 

Nathaniel  Rust  and  Miriam  Andrews,  of  Chebacco,  were  married 
Feb.  3,  and  had  Gideon,  born  in  1719;  Othniel,  1721;  Miriam,  1723; 
Enoch,  1724;  Johanna,  1726  ;  Keturah,  1727;  Israel,  1728  ;  Zebulon, 
1730;  Issachar,  1732;  and  Solomon,  1733.  A  Nathaniel  Rust,  per- 
haps the  father  of  these,  married  Mary  Lufkin  Nov.  15,  1737,  and  had 
Mary,  Hannah  and  Nathaniel.  Samuel  Rust  (Hist.  273)  died  Feb.  7, 
1782,  of  small-pox  caught  from  the  hat  of  a  sailor,  who  landed  from  a 
cartel  from  Halifax  and  stopped  at  his  house  at  Little  River.  His 
widow,  Anna,  died  Jan.  9,  1804,  aged  about  eighty-seven,  and  his  son 
Moses,  died  Oct.  10,  1827,  aged -eighty-eight.  A  John  Rust  died  Oct. 
18,  1809,  aged  seventy-seven,  and  a  widow  Rust  in  1831,  aged  eighty- 
seven. 

Thomas  Cotton  and  Comfort  Riggs  were  married  July  28,  and  had 
a  daughter  Sarah  born  in  1721  ;  and  Ruth  in  1722. 

Elisha  Donham  married  Mary  Babson  April  16,  and  had  Jonathan 
born  in  1717;  Daniel,  1719;  Elisha,  1721;  and  Solomon,  1723. 

Daniel  McAfee  and  Hannah  Denning  were  married  Feb.  20,  and 
had  Daniel,  born  in  1719  ;  and  Samuel,  1728.  An  "old  Mrs.  McAfee" 
died  in  the  second  parish  Feb.  5,  1767. 

1719.  David  Stockwell  and  Mercy  Emmons  were  married  Feb.  5,  1719 
and  had  Mercy,  born  in  1721  ;  David,  baptized  1723  ;  and  Martha,  1725. 
John  Flin  married  Mary  Hammons  Oct.  20,  and  had  a  daughter 
Mary  born  Dec.  9,  who  married  Richard  Tarr,  Jan.  1740.  The  mother 
probably  became  a  widow  before  Jan.  26,  1721,  when  a  Mary  Flin  mar- 
ried William  Nelson. 

James  Grant,  of  Dedham,  and  Mehitable  Elwell  were  married  Dec. 
3,  and  had  Nem,  1727;  Mary,  1729;  Nem,  1730;  and  Eliezer,  1733, 
who  married  Mary  Varrel  and  had  a  son  Eliezer. 

Benjamin  Patee  had  a  grant  of  land  April  1,  and  married  Patience 
Collins  Jan.  7,  1720.  His  children  were,  Abigail,  born  in  1722  ;  Jer- 
emiah, 1724;  Sarah,  1726;  Mary,  1728;  Benjamin,  1730;  Ezekiel, 
1732;  Patience,  1734;  and  Benjamin,  1736. 

Peter  Patee,  of  Haverhill,  and  Susanna  Hadley  were  married  Nov. 
19,  1720. 

John  Wooten  or  Wotten  and  Sarah  Brown  were  married  Dec.  19, 


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and  had  Sarah  born  in  1720;  John,  1722;  Rachel,  1724;  and  Wil- 
liam, 1727,  died  soon. 

April  1.  Peter  Uran  had  a  grant  of  land  to  build  a  house  upon  at 
the  head  of  the  harbor.  His  wife  Bethiah  brought  him  a  son  Peter, 
June  16,  1722,  and  died  Feb.  19,  1723,  aged  forty-one. 

Joseph  Eaton  and  wife  Hannah  had  Marsah  born  in  1719,  and  De- 
sire, 1721.     A  Merchant  Eaton  died  Nov.  16,  1724,  aged  twenty. 

Josiah  Sanford  and  Hannah  Day,  of  Manchester,  were  married 
Nov.  19,  and  had  Robert  born  in  1720;  Josiah,  1722;  and  Joseph 
1724.     (See  Hist.  257.) 

Joseph  Winslow  and  Sarah  Day  were  married  Dec.  24,  and  had 
Sarah  bom  in  1722;  Martha,  1724;  Sarah,  1728;  Joseph,  1729;  Jo- 
seph, again,  1730;  Mary,  1731;  Abigail,  1733;  and  Hannah,  1736. 
A  Kenelm  Winslow  and  Abigail  Brown  were  married  Feb.  1,  1746. 

William  Rollins  and  Hannah  Millett  were  married  Jan.  22,  and  had 
Mary  born  in  1720  ;  Ann,  1723  ;  William,  1725  ;  Hannah,  1727  ;  Eliza- 
beth, 1729;  John,  1731;  Joseph,  1733;  James,  1736;  and  Nathan, 
1738.  Perhaps  this  family  removed  to  Wenham,  whence  Nathan  Rol- 
lins, an  idiot,  was  brought  to  Gloucester  and  supported  by  the  town. 

John  Tyler  married  Sarah  Eveleth  Dec.  10,  who  died  Feb.  20,  1721, 
and  he  next  married,  Feb.  22,  1722,  Abigail  Haskell.  Again  becoming 
a  widower,  he  married  widow  Mary  Ingersol  Nov.  17,  1735.  His 
children  were: — John,  born  in  1722;  William,  1724;  James,  1726; 
Abigail,  1727;  Isaac,  1729;  Andrew,  1736;  Sarah,  1738;  and  John, 
1740. 

Luke  Morgan  and  wife  Ruth  settled  in  the  second  parish,  and  had 
William,  born  in  1719  ;  Hannah,  1721  ;  Luke,  1724;  Nathaniel,  1731  ; 
and  Ruth,  1735.  A  private  record  says  that  "old  Luke  Morgan"  died 
June  16,  1776;  and  that  "Old  Luke  Morgan's  wife"  died  April 
16,  1772.  His  son  William  married  Hannah  Day,  Feb.  5,  1746, 
and,  according  to  the  records  of  the  West  Parish  church,  had  many 
children.  He  died  in  1799,  aged  eighty.  His  widow  died  Oct.  11,  1821, 
aged  ninety-five.  The  Joel  Morgan  drowned  in  the  harbor,  June  19, 
1774,  was  probably  their  son,  born  in  1752.  Luke  Morgan,  jr.,  mar- 
ried Martha  Pulcifer,  Dec.  1,  1747,  and  also  had  several  children. 

Jacob  Burnham  and  his  wife  Maryappear  in  town  and  had  a  son  Jacob 
born  July  17.  The  only  other  family  of  the  name  that  was  here  before 
1750,  was  that  of  Stephen,  who  married  Mary  Andrews  Nov.  6,  1735. 
Our  records  give  him  five  children,   but,  according  to  the  Burnham 


96  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

genealogy,  it  seems  he  had  eight  others.  His  son  Stephen's  intention 
of  marriage  with  Hannah  Butler,  of  Ipswich,  in  1759,  is  recorded  in 
our  books.  John  Burnham  had  a  daughter  Mehitable  baptized  July, 
1744. 

Stephen  Clay  and  wife  Mary  had  a  daughter  Mary  born  in  December, 
1719,  and  Rachel,  1721,  both  ot  whom  died  in  infancy,  and  other  chil- 
dren,— Mary,  Stephen,  Jonas,  John  and  Elizabeth. 

Benjamin  Rickner.  All  we  know  of  him  is,  that  he  married  Mary 
Littlehale  August  17,  1719,  and  had  a  daughter  Mary  born  in  1720;  a 
son  Benjamin  in  1722;  and  William,  1731.  A  Samuel  Rickner  had 
Benjamin  baptized  in  1762,  and  Samuel  in  1763. 

A  John  Coombs,  with  wife  Susanna,  appears  in  town  July  18,  when 
his  daughter  Sarah  was  born,  who  was  followed  by  Mary  in  1721,  and 
Susanna  in  1722.  Anthony  Coombs  married  Mercy  Hodgkins,  Oct. 
21,  1722,  and  had  daughters  Hannah  and  Mercy. 

Richard  Langsford  and  Mary  Row  were  married  Dec.  17.  May  18, 
preceding,  widow  Hannah  Sawyer  was  paid  by  the  selectmen  £2  "for  the 
cureing  of  Richard  Langsford  which  was  frozen  at  Sand}7  Bay  the  winter 
past."  His  children  were  Elizabeth,  born  in  1720  ;  John,  1722  ;  Mary, 
1724;  Sarah,  1726;  Abigail,  1729;  Thomas  and  Richard,  1731;  and 
Thomas,  1734.  The  oldest  son,  John,  married  Deborah  Lane,  January 
9,  1744,  and  was  probably  father  of  John  who  died  Dec.  12, 1827,  aged 
eighty-one.  Richard  Langsford,  sen.,  died  before  May  21,  1739,  when 
Mary,  his  widow,  was  administratrix  of  his  estate.  She  died  May  7, 
1774,  aged  eighty-three. 

Jacob  Carter  and  Abigail  Phillips  were  married  Jan.  8  ;  the  baptism 
of  a  son  Jacob  in  1721,  the  birth  of  Jacob  in  1722,  of  Abraham  in  1729, 
and  of  Judith  in  1738,  are  recorded.  Jacob  Carter,  jr.,  married  Mar- 
garet Low,  of  Ipswich  (published  Oct.  13,  1744),  and  had  Joseph  and 
Benjamin,  1745;  William,  1747;  and  Daniel  1749.  Abraham's  inten- 
tion of  marriage  with  widow  Mary  Kinsman,  of  Ipswich,  July  4,  1750, 
is  on  the  records,  but  no  children  are  given.  John  Carter,  perhaps  a 
son  of  Jacob,  sen.,  married  Jane  Day,  Dec.  27,  1744,  and  has  the  births 
of  two  daughters  recorded,  and  the  mother  is  supposed  to  have  been  the 
widow  Jane  Carter,  who  died  in  January,  1814,  aged  ninety-three. 

Jabez  Baker  {Hid.  333)  brought  to  Gloucester  a  daughter  Mary, 
born  in  Salem,  1707,  and  a  son  Jabez  born  Sept.  2,  1711.  The  church 
records  have  the  death  of  Anna,  wife  of  Elder  Baker,  March  2,  1768, 
but  the  inventory  of  his  estate,  April  30,  1754,  mentions  wife  Jane. 


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I  suppose  it  was  the  son  Jabez  who  married  Anna  Smith,  of  Beverly,  May 
18,  1732,  and  that  she  was  the  Anna  Baker  who  died  March  3,  1800, 
aged  eighty-seven.  He  was  drowned  at  sea  Sept.  3,  1753.  His  son  Jo- 
seph, who  settled  in  'Squam,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Nor- 
wood, and  died,  without  issue,  in  1821,  aged  seventy-four.  She  died  in 
June,  1832,  aged  eighty-two. 

Josiah  Grover,  came  this  year,  and  Edmund  about  1722,  both  from 
Beverly  (Hist.  273,334.)  Josiah  married  Hannah  Dolliver,  July  1, 
1719,  and  had  Hannah,  1720;  Richard,  1722;  Sarah,  1724;  Josiah, 
1726;  Hannah,  again,  1728;  William,  1730;  Joseph,  1732;  Sarah, 
again,  1738  ;  and  Lydia,  1740.  Each  of  the  four  sons  married  in  town. 
Joseph  is  said  to  have  added  in  Haverhill  nine  more  children  to  the 
three  that  he  carried  from  Gloucester,  of  whom  were  Nathaniel,  who 
settled  in  Wells,  Vt.,  Timothy,  in  Sundown,  N.  H.,  and  Edmund  in 
Northfield,  where  he  died  in  1852.  Edmund  Grover,  of  Sandy  Bay, 
brought  a  wife  Mary,  who  died  May  16,  1757,  aged  seventj'-eisht.  Just 
ten  months  afterwards  he  married  Madam  Stevens,  the  venerable  widow 
of  Samuel  Stevens,  then  in  her  eighty-second  year,  who  survived  the  union 
but  a  few  months.  Nehemiah,  son  of  Edmund,  sen.,  married  Abigail 
Harris  in  1727,  who  died  in  1795,  aged  about  eighty.  They  had  many 
children,  two  of  whom,  Eliezer  and  Nehemiah,  settled  in  Ohio.  Ed- 
mund Grover,  jr.,  married  Patience  Witham  in  1731,  and  had  three 
daughters.  Ebenezer  Grover  married  Margaret  Jeffords,  in  1736,  and 
had  four  sons  and  three  daughters.  Eliezer  married  Thankful  Witham  in 
1736,  and  had  eight  children.  She  died  May  8,  1786,  aged  eighty-three. 
A  John  Grover  married  Experience  Randall,  Aug.  26,  1733,  and  had 
daughters  Experience  and  Rebecca.  Notwithstanding  the  promise  in 
the  last  century  of  a  numerous  race  of  Grovers  on  Cape  Ann,  not  more 
than  half  a  dozen  men  of  the  name  are  now  living  on  it. 

1718. — Jabez  Hunter  and  Abigail  Tucker  were  married  March  24, 
and  had  the  following  children  : — William,  born  in  1718  ;  John,  1721  ; 
Abigail,  1723;  Sarah,  1726;  Rebecca,  1729;  Mary,  1733;  and  John, 
1738.     The  name  was  perpetuated  in  town  by  William. 

Solomon  Driver  married  Rachel  Bishop,  of  Manchester,  Nov.  17,  and 
had  Rachel,  born  in  1719;  Solomon,  1720;  John,  1722;  and,  by  wife 
Sarah,  Mary,  in  1728. 

William  Nelson  and  Elizabeth  Tompson  were  married  March  21,  and 
she  was  drowned  from  a  canoe  in  the  harbor  Nov.  3,  following.     He 
next  married  Mary  Flinn,  Jan.  26,  1721,  and  had  Elizabeth  and  James, 
10 


98  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

born  in  1722;  Elizabeth,  1724;  Annis,  1727;  Agnes,  1729;  and  Wil- 
liam,  1731.  Perhaps  he  took  for  third  wife,  Deborah  Carlisle,  July  19, 
1739. 

Samuel  Lee  and  Kuth  Somes  were  married  Feb.  13,  and  had  Samuel 
born  in  1718,  and  Henry,  1720  ;  and  the  father  died  June  8,  1721,  aged 
thirty-three. 

John  Choate  married  Miriam,  daughter  of  John  Pool,  March  3,  1718, 
and  had  a  daughter  Sarah,  born  April  24,  1719,  soon  after  which  he 
probably  returned  to  Ipswich,  whence  he  came.  The  next  of  the  name 
in  town  was  Josiah,  who  married  Patience  Roberts,  Nov.  11,  1736. 
Besides  four  daughters  he  had  five  sons — two  Ephraims,  Josiah,  Thom- 
as and  William.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  second  church,  and  died  Aug. 
26,  1798,  aged  83.  His  wife  survived  till  Oct.  23,  1813,  when  she 
died  at  the  great  age  of  ninety-seven. 

Thomas  Pennill  and  Sarah  Duren  were  married  Jan.  30,  and  had 
Sarah,  born  in  1718;  Thomas,  1720;  and  Rachel,  1721;  and  he  died 
March  31,  1723,  aged  thirty-four.  In  1710  he  had  a  common  right 
derived  from  his  grandfather,  Robert  Elwell. 

James  Poland  and  Elizabeth  Dike,  probably  daughter  of  Richard, 
were  married  Nov.  17,  and  had  Joseph,  born  in  1724.  Joseph  and 
James  Poland  were  baptized  at  the  second  church,  Oct.  22,  1727,  and 
James  Poland,  adult,  at  the  same,  Jan.  17,  1731.  An  "old  Mrs.  Po- 
land" died  Jan.  4,  1765,  aged  eighty. 

Josiah  Wood  and  Ruth  Dennis,  of  Beverly,  were  married  Jan.  31, 
and  had  Jerusha,  born  Aug.  31,  1718. 

Ebenezer  Marchant,  of  Yarmouth,  and  Bethiah  Millett  were  married 
Dec.  24,  and  had  Martha  born  Oct.  21,  1720.  Of  the  same  family 
perhaps  was  Jabez  (Hist.  273)  who  married  Mary,  widow  of  John 
Babson,  Jan.  12,  1721,  and  had  Daniel,  born  in  1721;  Mary,  1723; 
Martha,  1725;  Jabez,  1727;  Lois,  1729;  Samuel,  1731;  John,  1733; 
Eunice,  1735  ;  and  Lemuel,  1737.  Jabez  Marchant  is  supposed  to  have 
died  about  1773.  His  widow  Mary  died  at  the  house  of  her  son  Daniel, 
March  12,  1778,  aged  eighty.  Three  of  the  sons  married  in  town,  and 
one  at  least,  Daniel,  perpetuated  the  name.  A  Jabez,  perhaps  son  of 
Daniel,  born  in  1749,  went  to  New  Gloucester,  Me.,  where  a  Judith 
Merchant  died  Aug.  22,  1856,  aged  ninety-three. 

1720.  Samuel  Whittredge  and  Hannah  Whiston,  of  Barnstable, 
were  married  Jan.  10,  and  had  Mary,  born  in  1724;  Abigail,  1726; 
Sarah,  1728  ;  Susanna,  1730  ;  and  William,  1731  ;  the  father  was  drowned 


EARLY   RECORDS.  99 

at  Sable  Island,  May  10,  1732,  aged  forty.  His  son  William  was 
probably  the  William  who  died  in  'Squam,  March  24,  1808,  aged 
seventy-eight,  and  the  latter  may  have  been  the  father  of  William  who 
died  in  1777,  of  small-pox,  on  his  passage  from  Bilboa. 

John  Wonson  married  Honor  Wise,  daughter  of  Richard  Tarr,  and 
widow  of  John  Wise,  Feb.  18,  and  had  Elizabeth,  born  in  1720;  John, 
1722;  Joseph,  1725;  and  Samuel,  1728.  Not  long  after  the  birth  of 
this  last  child  the  mother  must  again  have  become  a  widow,  for  she 
married  Isaac  Prince,  Dec.  10,  1730.  Samuel,  the  youngest  son,  mar- 
ried Patience,  daughter  of  Joshua  Norwood,  in  1750.  He  is  thought 
to  have  died  when  about  seventy-eight  years  old.  She  survived  him  a 
few  years  and  died  in  the  old  tavern  house  in  Sandy  Bay,  which  was 
built  by  her  husband.  Their  son  Samuel  married  Lydia  Gott  and 
settled  at  Eastern  Point,  where  he  died  in  August,  1829,  aged  about 
eighty,  leavingsons  Samuel,  John,  George  and  Charles  ;  the  last  of  whom, 
baptized  at  the  Sandy  Bay  Church,  Nov.  19,  1774,  died  March  16,  1870. 
James  White  and  wife  Mary  had  James  born  in  1720;  and  William, 
1722. 

John  White  and  wife  Rebecca  had  John  born  in  1722;  Joseph, 
1724;  Rebecca,  1726;  Ruhana,  1728;  and  Abigail,  1730. 

Robert  Nason  and  Rebecca  Day  were  married  Dec.  25,  and  had 
Martha  baptized  Oct.  8,  1721;  Abigail,  Mary  and  William,  baptized 
March  23,  1729;  Robert,  Sept.  26,  1731;  and  John,  Aug.  26,  1733. 
The  father  fell  overboard  from  a  fishing  vessel  and  was  drowned,  March, 
1734. 

George  Williams,  a  seaman,  and  Sarah  Gilbert  were  married  Aug. 
18,  and  had  George,  born  in  1720,  died  soon;  Sarah,  1722;  Joanna, 
1724;  Isaac,  1726;  Mercy,  1729;  Elizabeth,  1732;  and  Gilbert,  1735. 
Thomas  Williams  and  Hannah  Andrews  were  married  Nov.  13,  1722, 
and  had  Hannah  born  in  1723  ;  Thomas,  1726  ;  Abigail,  1729  ;  and  Ann, 
1734. 

Evan  Williams  and  Anna  Davis  were  married  Dec.  29,  1743,  and 
had  Anna  born  in  1749,  and  other  children  in  subsequent  years. 

1721. — William  Fears  married  Naomi,  probably  daughter  of  John 
Stanwood,  July  24,  and  had  William,  born  in  1721;  John,  1723; 
Naomi,  1726;  and  Elizabeth,  1729,  who  married  Nathaniel  Tarr,  June 
7,  1752.  William  Fears  died  about  the  beginning  of  1775,  at  the  house 
of  John  Moore,  the  second  husband  of  his  daughter  Naomi.  His  wife, 
as  we  learn  from  the  journal  of  Rev.  S.  Chandler,  was  buried  Feb.  3, 


100  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

1755.  His  son  Willmm  married  Anna,  daughter,  without  doubt,  of 
John  Bray,  Nov.  27,  1746,  and  had,  besides  three  daughters,  sons 
William,  John,  Humphrey  and  Thomas,  the  oldest  of  whom  married 
Patience,  daughter  of  Job  Row,  and  widow  of  Nathaniel  Williams. 
He  was  born  Aug.  26,  1747,  and  was,  I  suppose,  the  William  Fears 
who,  with  two  others,  was  washed  overboard  in  a  gale  of  wind  coming 
from  the  Banks  in  1798.  He  left  sons,  one  of  whom,  Robert,  was 
grandfather  of  Robert  R.,  the  first  mayor  of  Gloucester.  The  widow 
Patience  Fears  died  Nov.  25,  1842,  in  her  ninety-third  year. 

Nehemiah  Adams,  the  first  of  the  name  in  town,  appears  this  year. 
He  married  Abigail  Riggs,Nov.  13,  and  had  six  children  : — James,  Ne- 
hemiah, Thomas,  Mary,  Andrew  and  Hannah.  By  one  of  the  sons,  at 
least,  Nehemiah,  who  married  Martha  Riggs,  March  16,  1748,  the  name 
was  perpetuated  in  town. 

Thomas  Jenkins  and  wife  Mary  had  a  son  Matthew,  born  Jan.  10. 

Robert  Randall  and  Dorcas  Babson  were  married  Jan.  19,  and  had 
Deborah,  born  in  1721;  John,  1725;  Mary,  1727;  Josiah,  1730;  and 
Robert,  born  at  Scituate,  July,  1733. 

John  Walklate  and  Abigail  Stanwood  were  married  Dec.  28,  and  had 
John,  born  in  1723;  Abigail,  1725;  and  Elizabeth,  1727.  The  father 
was  deceased  in  1732. 

Robert  Herring  and  wife  Experience  had  Experience,  born  March  29, 
died  June  21  ;  Ledia,  born  Oct.  31,  1722  ;  Robert,  1725,  drowned  in  a 
tub  of  water,  Sept.,  1727  ;  and  Benjamin,  1727.  The  last  named  married 
Experience  Annis,  Jan.  11,  1753,  and  had  several  children. 

Thomas  Penny  and  Miriam  Elwell  were  married  Feb.  5.  No  con- 
nection is  traced  between  him  and  the  early  settler  of  this  name.  This 
Thomas  had  Mary,  born  July  6,  1722;  Elizabeth,  June  28,  1725; 
Thomas,  June  18,  1728;  Abigail,  baptized  Nov.  27,  1726;  Sarah,  born 
Aug.  28,  1733;  and  Miriam,  baptized  at  the  Second  Church,  Dec.  10, 
1737.  In  1772  he  was  a  town  pauper.  Nov.,  1773,  his  son-in-law, 
John  Avery,  was  paid  for  his  funeral  charges,  and  Feb.  23,  1774, 
Jeremiah  Robinson  was  paid  for  digging  his  grave.  Thomas  Penny, 
jr.,  married  widow  Sarah  Tucker,  Sept.  4,  1749,  and'  had  Thomas, 
born  Aug.  7,  1750;  and  Anna,  Dec.  17,  1753.  The  son  Thomas  was, 
without  doubt,  the  person  of  the  same  name  who  died  in  New  Glouces- 
ter, Feb.  28,  1813,  aged  sixty-twoi. where  also  died,  Feb.  3,  1842,  Lucy 
Penny,  aged  eighty-three. 

1722,  June. — The  Indians  at  the  eastward  take   ekrht  or  ten  fishino- 

'  ©  © 


EARLY    RECORDS.  101 

vessels.     Capt.  Robinson,  fitted  out  at  Canso  in  quest  of  them,  takes 
a  canoe  with  seven  Indians,  six  of  whom  he  killed. 

Thomas  Saville  (Hist.  284)  married  Mary  Haraden,  Jan.  24,  and 
had  baptized  at  the  First  Church,  Thomas,  April  7,  1723;  Hannah, 
June  27,  1725  ;  John,  Jul}',  1726  ;  John,  again,  July,  1727  ;  and  these 
baptized  at  the  Third  Church  : — Thomas,  Oct.  3,  1731  ;  Hannah,  Dec. 
16,  1733;  Deminicus,  April  24,  1735;  Oliver,  March  7,  1736;  Eliza- 
beth, Sept.  4,  1737  ;  Oliver,  again,  Aug.  6,  1738  ;  and  Jesse,  Dec.  21, 
1740.  His  wife  died  June  4,  1776,  aged  seventy-five.  His  son,  John, 
married  Susanna  Haraden,  May  30,  1751,  and  had  tour  daughters  bap- 
tized at  the  Third  Church,  the  youngest  of  whom,  Sarah,  was  probably 
the  Sarah  Saville  who  died  May  13,  1840,  aged  eighty-two.  Jesse 
married  Martha  Babson,  in  1763,  who  died  April  19,  1785,  and  he  next 
married,  in  1786,  Mrs.  Hannah  Dane,  of  Ipswich,  who  died  May  3, 
1827,  aged  eighty. 

Richard  Peters  and  wife  Ruth  had  daughter  Sarah,  born  Dec.  19. 

Anthony  Coombs  and  Mercy  Hodgkins  were  married  Oct.  21,  1722, 
and  had  Hanna  or  Anna,  born  in  1724;  and  Mercy,  1726. 

Thomas  Holyman  died  Feb.  25,  aged  thirty-seven.  William,  son  of 
Thomas  Holeman,  by  Jemima  Elwell,  was  born  Sept.  12,  1722. 

Nathaniel  Low,  of  Ipswich,  and  Abigail  Riggs  were  married  July  15. 
He  has  five  children  recorded  in  the  Gloucester  Record,  namely, — 
Abigail,  in  1723;  Mary,  1724,  died  soon;  Rachel,  1725;  Nathaniel, 
1732  ;  and  Dorothy, — .  Besides  these  he  had  five  more, — Lois,  Eunice, 
Elizabeth,  John  and  Edward.  His  wife  died  Aug.  6,  1774,  aged 
seventy-two.     See  Hist.  261. 

Daniel  Gorden  and  Elizabeth  Denning  were  married  Nov.  7,  1722, 
and  had  Daniel,  1724;  Elizabeth,  1729;  William,  1733;  Moses,  1735; 
and  John,  1737.     It  appears  that  three  of  his  sons  married  in  town. 

John  Stanford  and  Abigail  Butman  were  married  Nov.  8,  and  had 
Abigail,  born  in  1723;  Mary,  1725;  Rebecca,  1726;  William,  1732; 
Stevens,  1735  ;  and,  besides  these,  John  and  Samuel,  baptized  at  the 
Third  Church  in  1733. 

Joseph  Bond  married  Mary  Kent,  Dec.  31,  1722.  Jan.  4,  1731, 
commissioners  vote  to  sell  her  land  or  that  of  her  husband's  adjoining  her 
brother  Kent's  land.  A  Lawrence  Bond  and  Abigail  Mains  were  married 
July  23,  1733.  A  Joseph  Bond  is  fonud  in  town  in  1765,  and  a  Samuel 
in  1771.  A  widow  Sarah  Bond  died  May  3,  1789,  aged  about  seventy- 
six. 


102  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

John  Mogriclge  and  Lydia  Davis,  probably  daughter  of  Samuel,  were 
married  Sept.  20,  and  had  Lydia,  born  in  1722;  and  Samuel,  1728. 
She  probably  became  a  widow  and  married  Philip  Stanwood  Jan.  20, 
1736,  and  perhaps  again  became  a  widow  and  married  Samuel  Hodgkins 
in  1756,  and  died  April  13,  1789,  aged  about  eighty-five.  The  daugh- 
ter Lydia  married  Richard  True  and  is  said  to  have  died  at  ninety-seven. 
She  was  probably  the  "Miss  True"  who  died  in  Jan.,  1807. 

Benjamin  Wheeler,  perhaps  son  of  Jethro  (Hist.  246)  by  wife  Me- 
hj table  had  Benjamin,  born  1722,  Jonathan,  1726  ;  Moses,  1728  ;  David, 
1731  ;  Molly,  1732  ;  Sarah,  1734  ;  Simeon,  1735  ;  another  Simeon,  1736  ; 
and  Samuel,  baptized  Sept.  16,  1739.  Descendants  are  numerous. 
Benjamin  Wheeler,  jr.,  by  his  wife,  Sarah  Dane,  of  Ipswich,  had  eight 
children,  and  died  at  Pigeon  Cove,  June  10,  1810,  aged  eighty-eight. 

1723,  June  3. — The  commoners  vote  that  the  common  land  near  the 
meeting  house,  or  Meeting  House  Green,  so  called,  shall  be  in  common 
for  the  use  of  the  town  forever  for  a  training  field.  They  also  vote  that 
one  and  a  half  or  two  acres  near  the  second  parish  meeting  house  shall 
be  reserved  for  the  same  purpose. 

Aug.  15.  Mr.  George  Giddings,  of  Gloucester,  was  admitted  into 
the  House  of  Representatives  and  informed  that  a  sloop  arrived  there 
yesterda}'  in  about  six  days  from  Canso,  who  brings  an  account  that 
Capt.  John  Watkins,  of  New  England,  was  found  dead  (and  as  it  was 
supposed),  slain  by  the  Indians,  and  buried  by  the  officers  of  the  garri- 
son at  Canso  with  four  other  men  and  one  woman.  And  that  the  said 
Giddings'  son  was  taken  by  a  pirate  ship  of  upwards  of  twenty  guns, 
and  a  large  number  of  men,  who  would  have  taken  him  for  a  pilot  along 
that  shore,  but  he  not  being  willing,  the  pirate  told  him  that  he  would 
not  force  any  man  to  go  with  him,  and  so  they  left  the  pirate  ship. 

William  Coas  {Hist.  285.)  He  married  Feb.,  1723,  Mary,  probably 
daughter  of  Joseph  Gardner,  born  Dec.  17,  1702.  His  five  children 
were: — Samuel,  born  in  1723;  William,  1725;  Mary,  1728;  another 
Mary,  1730;  and  Joanna,  1738.  He  died  of  apoplexy  Jan.  2,  1764. 
His  wife  must  have  attained  a  great  age  if  she  was  the  widow  Mary  Coas 
for  whose  keeping  to  Jan.  25,  1795,  and  funeral  charges,  the  town  paid 
Wm.  Hardy,  Feb.  4,  same  year.  The  son  William  married  Susanna, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Jeremiah  Parsons,  Jan.  18,  1750,  and  had  many 
children,  the  oldest  of  whom  was  probably  the  Susanna  Coas  wrho  died 
Feb.  14,  1829,  aged  seventy-nine.  His  son  William  died  in  April,  1833, 
aged  eighty. 


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Joseph  Carlisle  and  Deborah  El  well  were  married  Jan.  1.  The  rec- 
ords show  that  they  had  eight  children,  of  whom  two  only  were  sons, 
Joseph,  born  in  1723,  and  Leonard  in  1732. 

William  Carlisle  married  Mary  Springer,  March  17,  1728,  and  had, 
besides  two  daughters,  a  son  William,  who  was  baptized  in  1743. 

Charles  Glover  {Hist.  285)  married  Hannah  Butman  Sept.  9,  1723, 
and  had  Lucy,  1724;  Hannah,  1726;  Thomas,  Sept.  6,  and  Charles, 
Sept.  8,  1733,  both  of  whom  were  baptized  Sept.  18,  same  year. 

Jonathan  Trask  {Hist.  282)  came  to  Gloucester  from  Salem  about 
this  time.  His  seven  sons  born  here  were: — Jonathan,  born  in  1723; 
Moses,  1725;  William,  1727;  Israel,  1729;  Israel,  1733;  William, 
1735  ;  and  Ebenezer,  1737.  Perhaps  the  mother  of  these  children  was 
the  widow  Trask  who  died  in  the  second  parish  Jan.  4,  1779,  over  eighty 
years  of  age.     Four  of  the  sons  appear  to  have  married. 

Henry  Evans  and  Sysill  Martin  were  married  July  12.  A  Hugh  Ev- 
ans married  Elizabeth  Knowlton,  June  2,  1742,  and,  besides  four  daugh- 
ters, had  sous  John,  born  in  1742;  Robert,  1744;  William,  1752; 
James,  1756;  and  Samuel,  1758. 

John  Thomas  and  Anna  Shaw  were  married  Nov.  14,  1723,  and  had 
Anna,  born  in  1725  ;  William,  1728  ;  Sarah,  1732  ;  and  Anna,  baptized 
at  the  'Squam  church,  Aug.  3,  1735,  after  the  death  of  her  father.  The 
son  William  was  probably  the  same  who  was  intending  marriage  with 
Lydia  Haraden,  Oct.  20,  1750,  had  two  daughters,  certainly,  if  not  more, 
and  died  Feb.  26,  1777,  aged  forty-nine. 

Intention  of  marriage  of  Samuel  Thomas  and  Sarah  Elweli  was  pub- 
lished Dec.  13,  1744,  and  the  records  have  three  children  recorded  to 
them  : — Sarah,  born  in  1745  ;  Joshua,  1756  ;  and  Anna,  1757. 

A  John  Thomas  and  Hannah  Brown  were  married  Aug.  22,  1745,  and 
had  Hannah,  born  Dec.  17,  1746,  and  John,  July  15,  1749,  besides 
several  in  subsequent  years.  John,  jr.,  married  Anna  Row,  and  is  said 
to  have  been  drowned  coming  from  the  Banks  in  the  fall  of  1789. 

Benjamin  Boynton  and  Martha  Row  were  married  Nov.  29,  1723,  and, 
besides  three  daughters,  had  sons, — Benjamin,  Joseph,  Stephen  and 
William,  the  two  former  of  whom  perpetuated  the  name  in  town.  Rev. 
S.  Chandler  records  in  his  journal,  March  7,  1762,  "near  the  close  of 
the  sermon,  B.  Boynton  was  taken  with  a  fit,  and  died  instantly."  A 
Lydia,  widow  of  Benj.  Boynton,  died  Jan.  2,  1819,  aged  seventy-two. 
In  1748  Enoch  Boynton  and  his  wife  Rachel,  from  Rowley,  had  a  son 
Enoch,  born  here,  in  the  next  year  a  son  Elijah,  and  four  daughters  in 


104  HISTORY   OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

subsequent  years.  The  son  Enoch  died  before  1793,  when  his  widow 
Abigail,  with  many  children,  had  removed  to  Newbury. 

A  new  family  of  Stevens  appear  in  town  this  year,  settled  in  the  sec- 
ond parish.  Ebenezer  married  Mary  Day,  Feb.  5,  1723  (see  Hist. 
168)  where  probably  he  has  wrong  parentage.  Otho  Stevens  and  Abi- 
gail Kent  were  married  March  21,  this  year,  and  had  Samuel,  born  in 
1724;  Otho,  1726;  Archelaus,  1729;  and  Abigail,  1731.  William 
Stevens  and  Anna  Lufkin  were  married  June  2,  1725,  and  had  Ebene- 
zer, born  in  1727  ;  Nathaniel,  1729  ;  James,  1730  ;  Joseph,  1732  ;  Anna, 
1733;  Susanna,  1736;  Elizabeth,  1739;  and  Anna,  1740.  Ebenezer, 
jr.,  married  Abigail  Marshall,  of  Ipswich,  Jan.  30,  1752,  and  died 
Nov.  21,  1807,  upwards  of  eighty.  His  widow  died  March  11,  1820, 
aged  ninetj'-three. 

Dr.  David  Plummer  {Hist.  276).  His  children  by  his  first  wife  to 
whom  he  was  married  Aug.  29,  1723,  were  Mary,  born  in  1723  ;  Sam- 
uel, 1725;  Ann,  1728;  Ruth,  1730;  Sarah,  1732;  and  Elizabeth,  1734. 
He  married  Anna,  probably  widow  of  Daniel  Barber,  Aug.  25,  1737, 
and  by  her  had  Daniel,  born  May  24,  1738,  who  became  a  prominent 
merchant  of  the  town;  and  David,  born  Feb.  11,  1741,  married  Mary 
Davis,  of  Newbury,  May  17,  1763,  and  died  Dec.  22,  1792.  His  widow 
died  in  June,  1834,  aged  ninet}'.  Samuel,  Dr.  Plummer's  son  by  his 
first  wife,  and  principal  physician  of  the  town  after  his  father's  death, 
married  Mary  Low,  probably  daughter  of  John  Low,  Dec.  13,  1748. 
She  gave  birth  to  a  daughter  Sept.  24,  1749,  and  died  Oct.  15,  following. 
He  next  married  Hannah  Moody,  of  York,  by  whom  his  son  Samuel 
was  born  July  23,  1752,  and  she  died  Aug.  1,  next.  He  was  married 
to  his  third  wife,  Elizabeth  Gee,  Dec.  5,  1753,  who  brought  him  Eliza- 
beth, 1754;  Joshua,  in  1756;  David,  in  1758;  Joseph,  in  1759;  and 
Sarah  Gee,  July  8,  1760.  Child-bearing  seems  to  have  been  fatal  to 
this  wife,  also,  for  Rev.  S.  Chandler  records  in  his  journal,  on  the  16th 
of  the  same  month,  "1  attended  the  funeral  of  Dr.  Plummer's  wife." 
He  next  married  Anna,  widow  of  Joseph  Sanders,  March  17,  1763,  and 
had  Elizabeth,  born  in  1764;  William  Stevens,  1766;  Anne,  1767; 
and  John,  1767.  Dr.  Samuel  Plummer's  residence  was  in  Town  Parish, 
near  the  westerly  side  of  the  mill  pond. 

1724,  Oct.  27. — Died,  Hope  Mason,  aged  seventeen. 

Capt.  James  Friend,  belonging  to  an  English  sloop,  died  at  widow 
Sarah  Parsons'  house,  in  Fishermen's  field,  Aug.  13,  1724,  aged  thirty- 
eight. 


EAELY    RECORDS.  105 

William  Shaw  died  March  23,  aged  twenty-four. 

June  22.  Three  of  our  fishing  vessels  were  taken  by  the  Indians  in 
Fox  Harbor,  viz.  :  James  Wallis,  sen.,  James  Wallis,  jr.,  and  John  Lane. 
They  killed  of  our  town,  James  Wallis,  Thomas  Finson,  John  Lane, 
Richard  Tarr  and  Joseph  Wallis. 

Feb.  11.  Died,  Peter  Sargent,  probably  son  of  Wm.  Sargent,  2d. 
aged  forty-one.  A  Boston  newspaper  of  this  year,  has  the  following  : 
— "July  20,  1724.  Advices  from  the  eastward  that  about  three  weeks 
since  the  Indians  had  taken  eleven  fishing  vessels  and  forty-five  men 
belonging  to  the  said  vessels,  twenty-two  of  whom  were  killed  and 
twenty-three  taken  captive.  The  Indians  demand  £30  for  each  vessel 
and  £30  for  each  captive.  Vessels  have  gone  in  quest  of  them."  Prob- 
ably the  pursuit  was  successful,  as  on  March  25,  1725,  Capt.  Lovewell 
arrived  at  Boston  from  Cape  Ann  with  ten  Indian  scalps. 

Joseph  Allen,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year,  Oct.  6. 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph,  second,  married  Martha  Hubbard,  of  Boston, 
Jan.  11,  1732,  and  died  April  2,  1739  ;  among  the  items  of  his  large  es- 
tate were,  negro  man  Boston,  £150  and  negro  man  London,  £100. 

Mrs.  Mary,  wife  of  Mr.  Nathaniel  Allen,  died  June  15,  1753,  aged 
twenty-eight. 

Mrs.  Sarah,  widow  of  Capt.  Jacob  Allen,  died  in  March,  1831,  aged 
seventy-nine. 

William,  son  of  William  Allen,  who  removed  to  New  Gloucester, 
Me.,  died  in  March,  1826,  aged  seventy-five. 

Philip  Gullison  and  Mary  Roberts  were  married  March  5.  Their 
daughter  Mary  was  born  July  22,  1725,  and  the  mother  died  on  the  3  1st 
of  the  same  month,  aged  twenty-four.  He  next  married  Mary  Smith, 
Nov.  8,  1733,  and  had  Elizabeth,  1735  ;  Abigail,  1740,  and  perhaps, 
baptized,  Mary. 

Richard  Tandy  and  Rachel  Allen  were  married  March  17,  and  had 
William,  born  Aug.  6,  1725;  Rachel,  April  21,  1727;  Samuel,  May 
27,  1729  ;  and  Abel,  baptized  at  the  Second  church,  July  18,  1731. 

William  Burns  and  Jemima  Elwell  were  married  Dec.  24,  and  had 
William,  1725  ;  and  Jemima  and  Keziah,  1727,  the  latter  of  whom  died 
in  1728. 

James  Phipps  and  wife  Sarah  had  daughter  Abigail,  born  Aug.  10, 
1726.     His  son  James  was  baptized  at  the  First  church,  March  1,  1724. 

William  Jefford  and  wife  Ann  had  daughter  Mary,  born  in  February. 

William  Wells  and  Abigail  Somes  were  married  March  13,  1724. 
11 


106  HISTORY   OF   GLOUCESTER  : 

A  John  Wells  had  a  daughter  Hannah  baptized  at  the  First  church 
March  11,  1722,  and  another  Hannah,  July  28,  1723. 

John  Brewer  and  wife  Mary  had  a  son  John,  born  in  1724  ;  daughter 
Mary,  in  1726  ;  twins,  Mary  and  David,  1727  ;  and  Elizabeth,  1731. 

Thomas  Chub  and  Ruth  Stanwood  were  married  Dec.  3.  The  town 
and  church  records  together  show  that  they  had  sons,  Thomas,  William, 
David  and  John,  and  a  daughter  Ruth. 

John  Butler  and  Phebe  Lane  were  married  Nov.  12,  1724,  and  had 
a  son  John,  born  Aug.  13,  1725,  the  same  probably  who  married  Sarah 
Thurston,  March  12,  1746.  Widow  Phebe  Butler  died  in  the  third  parish 
Jan.  26,  1781,  aged  eighty.  Stephen  Butler  and  Sarah  Ingalls  were 
married  Dec.  11,  1730,  and  a  Stephen  was  married  to  widow  Elizabeth 
Gott,  Dec.  12,  1752. 

1725. — Joseph  Herrick  {Hist.  298).  A  widow  Sarah  Herrick  died 
Dec.  29,  1711,  but  no  male  of  the  name  appears  till  Joseph  goes  on  to 
the  town  records,  as  the  father,  by  his  wife  Mary,  of  Eunice,  born  Aug. 
31,  1725.  He  died  Jan.  12,  1777,  not  1771,  as  the  History  states. 
He  may  have  brought  to  Gloucester  the  Benjamin  who  married  Eunice 
Haskell,  Nov.  25,  1747,  and  had  a  daughter  Lucy  born  in  1748,  who 
married  a  Woodbury,  of  Beverly,  and  died  there  1846,  nearly  a  hun- 
dred years  old.  Joseph  Herrick,  jr.,  married  Tryphosa  Groves,  April  26, 
1750,  and  died  March  16,  1801  (  ?),  aged  eighty-seven.  His  wife  died  in 
Nov.,  1813.  The  recordsgivehimbutonechild,  John, bornNov.  17,1750. 
Israel,  son  of  Joseph,  sen.,  born  May  13,  1732,  is  supposed  to  be  the 
same  who  is  found  in  Lewiston,  Me.,  about  1774.  Other  Herricks  who 
came  before  1751  were,  Samuel,  who  married  Keziah  Haskell,  Jan.  3, 
1731,  the  same  probably  who  married  Prudence  Haskell,  Aug.  7,  1733, 
by  whom  he  had  Benjamin,  born  in  1734;  Hannah,  1735;  Ebenezer 
1740,  who  died  Sept.  11,  1764,  aged  sixty  three  ;  and  Thomas,  who  mar- 
ried Abigail  Eveleth,  Feb.  1,  1732,  and  had  Thomas,  born  in  1733, 
Abigail,  1734;  and  Sarah,  1736.  Perhaps  he  became  a  widower  and 
married  Mary  Preston,  of  Beverly,  August,  1742,  by  whom  was  born 
Ruth  in  1743;  Mary,  in  1745,  died  soon;  and  William  and  Mary  in 
1746,  the  former  of  whom  died  soon  after  birth.  Thomas  Herrick  died 
of  cancer,  March  21,  1787,  aged  about  eighty.  His  wife  died  Feb.  8, 
1780,  aged  over  seventy. 

Joseph  Thurston  (Hist.  337)  and  Mary,  widow  of  Thomas  Fenier, 
were  married  March  9,  1725,  and  had  Sarah,  born  in  1726;  Joseph, 
1729;  Elizabeth,   1731;  Daniel,  1735,  married  Anna  Tarr  and  died  in 


EAELY    RECORDS.  107 

1818  ;  John,  1737,  married  Eunice  Stockbridge,  removed  to  Sedgwick, 
Me.,  and  died  there  in  old  age;  Dorcas,  1740,  married  Thomas  Roberts 
or  Robbins  and  died  April  28,  1825,  and  William,  1742,  who  was  lost 
at  sea  before  1779. 

George  Dennison  (Hist.  298).  This  settler  is  thought  by  descend- 
ants to  be  the  person  of  the  same  name,  son  of  George,  of  Stonington, 
born  in  1699.  He  carried  on  considerable  maritime  business  at  Lob- 
ster Cove  and  had  his  home  on  a  retired  spot  in  the  adjoining  woods 
where  descendants  have  lived  to  the  present  time.  He  left  an  estate  of 
£1532,  consisting  in  part  of  land  in  North  Yarmouth,  Me.  His  funeral 
charges  were  £225.  His  children  were  George,  born  in  1726;  Abner, 
1730;  Isaac,  1732;  David,  1734;  Jonathan,  1737;  Abigail,  1739;  and 
Susanna,  1741.  The  son  George  married  Thomasine,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Benjamin  Bradstreet,  Feb.  2,  1749,  and  died  May  10,  1779.  The  rec- 
ords of  the  Third  church  inform  us  that,  "for  the  last  seven  years  of  his 
life,  he  was  deprived  of  his  reason,  and  was  in  a  state  of  distraction,  so 
that  he  was  confined  in  chains  till  he  died  ;  he  died  suddenly  without 
any  particular  alteration  ;  he  was  found  dead  in  the  morning,  though 
well  the  night  before."  Besides  two  daughters,  the  records  show  that 
he  had  a  son  Benjamin,  who  married  Jenny  Hale  in  1774.  Abner  and 
David  married  in  town  and  removed  with  their  families  to  Maine,  where 
Abner  had  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  Mankeset  river. 
Isaac,  son  of  George,  sen.,  married  Lucretia  Edes,  who  bore  him  sev- 
eral children,  and  died  March  27,  1773,  aged  forty-six.  Jonathan,  the 
youngest  son,  a  sea  captain,  married  Jemima  Haskell,  Jan.  10,  1768, 
and  perished  by  shipwreck,  with  five  of  his  crew,  at  Scituate,  Dec.  28, 
1774. 

Joseph  Tarbox  and  Susanna  Stevens  were  married  Jan.  28,  and  had 
Joseph,  born  in  1726;  Susanna,  1729;  Samuel,  1731;  Abigail,  1734; 
Experience,  1737;  Abigail,  1740;  and  William,  1743.  Ebenezer  Tar- 
box and  wife  Sarah  also  appear  this  year,  and  had  Thomas,  born  Api  il 
16,  who  with  Benjamin  and  Isaac  were  baptized  Sept.  10,  1727.  They 
had  in  addition  to  these,  Ebenezer,  born  in  1727;  John,  1730;  Sarah, 
1732  ;  and  Rebecca,  1733.  A  Benjamin  Tarbox  came  in  1739  and  had, 
by  Avife  Deborah,  daughter  Deborah,  born  in  that  year ;  Benjamin,  in 
1743,  died  soon  ;  and  Andrew  in  1747.  A  Benjamin  Tarbox  and  widow 
Abigail  Parsons  were  married  July  9,  1744.  A  John  Tarbox  and  wife 
Dorothy  had  a  son  John  born  in  Lynn,  Jan.  28,  1729  ;  and  William, 
born  in  Gloucester,  Sept.  1,  1736  ;  and  a  son  Daniel  baptized  here  July 


108  HISTORY   OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

15,  1739.  Samuel  Tarbox,  son  of  Joseph,  married  Deborah  Sayward, 
June  19,  1755.  The  town  records  give  him  no  children,  but  we  know 
that  he  had  a  son  Samuel  who  was  living  at  a  great  age  in  New  Glouces- 
ter, Me.,  in  1843. 

Jacob  Randall  and  Abigail  Stevens  were  married  June  13,  1725,  and 
had  Isaac,  born  in  1726;  Samuel,  1727;  Abigail,  1728;  Ruth,  1731; 
and  Elizabeth,  1738.  He  probably  became  a  widower  and  married  for 
a  second  wife,  Deborah  Low,  Jan.  19,  1741,  by  whom  he  had  a  son  Ja- 
cob. 

John  Howard  and  Abigail  Smith  were  married  Feb.  13,  1725,  and 
had  John  born  in  1727  ;  Timothy,  1735  ;  Jerusha,  1737  ;  Joseph,  1740. 

Gregory  Savery,  of  Marblehead,  and  Mary  Allen  were  married  Oct. 
6,  and  had  the  following  children  recorded  in  the  Gloucester  records  : 
Mary,  born  in  1726;  Phebe,  1729;  Martha,  1731;  Peter,  1734;  and 
Daniel,  1742.  Perhaps  Martha  is  the  Pat  Severy  whose  untimely  end 
is  recorded  in  Mr.  Chandler's  journal  June  23,  1752. 

John  Curney,  an  early  settler,  died  this  year,  May  3,  aged  eighty. 
Perhaps  it  was  his  son  Elisha,  born  in  1672,  who  was  the  subject  of  the 
following  notice  in  Rev.  S.  Chandler's  journal, — "1756,  Jan.  6,  I  visited 
Elisha  Curney  under  the  symptoms  of  death." 

1726.  Daniel  Fuller,  of  Ipswich,  married  Anna  Dolliver,  Aug.  15, 
1726,  had  a  daughter  Ann  born  in  1727,  and  a  son  Daniel  in  1730.  A 
Daniel,  father  or  son,  probably,  was  lost  on  a  fishing  voyage,  with  four 
others,  in  1755.  A  Daniel  Fuller  and  Keturah  Rust  were  married  Nov. 
5,  1751,  and  had  Keturah,  born  in  1754. 

James  Birch  married  Sarah  Warren,  sojourner,  Feb.  10,  1726,  and 
had  a  son  James,  born  May  24,  1731,  and  a  daughter  Elizabeth  bap- 
tized at  the  First  church,  Dec.  7,  1735. 

George  Tappan  and  Hannah,  probably  daughter  of  John  Gilbert,  were 
married  Nov.  3,  and  had  Elizabeth  born  in  1727  ;  George,  1730;  John, 
1732;  William,  1734;  Martha,  May  1,  1737;  and  Hannah,  May  3, 
1739. 

John  Couillard  and  wife  Isabel  had  a  daughter  Mary,  born  Dec.  29, 
1726,  and  a  son  John,  Nov.  5,  1728. 

Thomas  Canneby,  or  Kenneby,  married  Lydia  Riggs  Nov.  7,  1726, 
and  had,  besides  three  daughters,  a  son  Samuel,  born  in  1730.  The 
father  was  lost  at  sea  on  a  fishing  voyage  in  1738,  and  his  widow  mar- 
ried Solomon  Davis  in  1747. 

1727. — John  Hews  or  Huse  (Hist.  300)  married  Hannah  Bray,  Oct. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  109 

10,  1735.  She  died  before  Feb.  22,  1763,  when  the  town  paid  twelve 
shillings  for  a  coffin  for  her.  The  aged  widower  next  married,  Oct.  10, 
1763,  Eunice  Allen,  who  died  Dec.  14,  1806,  aged  eighty,  leaving  a 
son  John,  who  was  baptized  Sept.  1,  1765,  and  was  therefore  about 
eighty-four  years  old  when  he  died,  though  he  goes  on  the  record,  with 
not  unusual  exaggeration,  as  ninety -five. 

Joseph  Killam  and  Sarah  Dolliver  were  married  Oct.  11.  She  died 
July  26,  1729,  aged  21,  and  he  next  married  Dorothy  Day,  Dec.  17, 
1730.  He  had  the  following  children  : — Sarah,  born  in  1729  ;  Dorothy, 
1731  ;  Mercy,  1733  ;  Hannah,  1735  ;  Sarah,  1737  ;  Joseph,  1739  ;  Sol- 
omon, 1741  ;  Samuel,  1742  ;  John,  1744  ;  Dorothy,  1746  ;  andEphraim, 
1747.  Joseph  Killam  died  March  12,  1806,  aged  100  years,  11  months 
and  12  days,  according  to  the  record,  which  we  may  well  believe  was 
not  much  exaggerated,  considering  that  he  died  about  seventy-eight  and 
one-half  years  after  his  first  marriage.  A  Solomon  Killam  died  at  sea 
in  1772. 

Nathaniel  Travis  and  Mary  Page  were  married  April  18,  and  had  Jo- 
anna baptized  Nov.  28,  1736;  and  Elizabeth,  June  4,  1738;  perhaps 
also  a  Mary,  March  12,  1732,  though  her  father  is  called  Daniel.  Na- 
thaniel Travers  was  buried  at  the  expense  of  the  town  in  1741. 

James  Demerrit  and  Mary  Bryant  were  married  March  7.  A  James 
Demerrit  and  widow  Sarah  Elwell  were  married  Jan.  25,  1744,  and  a 
James  Demerret,  jr.,  and  Susanna  Allen,  Dec.  3,  1765. 

Daniel  Barber  married  Anna,  daughter  of  Jabez  Baker,  Sept.  29, 
1727.  He  was  a  sea  captain  and  died  in  the  Island  of  Antigua,  Nov.  8, 
1735,  in  the  thirtieth  year  of  his  age.  He  left  three  daughters,  Anna, 
Mary  and  Rachel  and  a  son  Daniel,  the  same,  probably,  who,  Aug.  7, 
1761,  then  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  was  intending  marriage  with  Anna  Davis, 
of  Gloucester. 

John  Rigel  and  Mary  Joslyn  were  married  Dec.  25,  1727,  and  had 
John,  born  in  1728  ;  and  Elizabeth,  1730.  Daniel  Riggs,  alias  Ridgell, 
son  of  Mary  Ridgell,  was  born  Feb.  16,  1734. 

Edward  Emery  and  wife  Sarah  had  daughter  Mary  born  Aug.  18, 
1727. 

Isaiah  Marsh  and  Experience,  widow  of  Isaac  Randall,  were  married 
Feb.  8,  and  had  Elizabeth,  baptized  Oct.  1,  1727  ;  and  Mary,  July  13, 
1729. 

John  Pollard  and  wife  Mary  had  John,  born  in  1727  ;  Isaac,  1730; 
Elizabeth,  1731 ;  and  Barton,  1734. 


110  HISTORY    OF   GLOUCESTER: 

The  first  of  a  family  of  Varrells,  from  Ipswich,  came  this  year,  when, 
Jan.  12,  Richard  Varrell  married  Mary  Day,  and  had  Mary  born  in 
1729;  Hepzibah,  1732;  Richard,  1734;  Mary,  1736;  Susanna,  1738; 
Dorothy,  1741  ;  Abigail,  1744;  and  Jeremiah,  1747.  Thomas  Varrell, 
married  Susanna,  perhaps  daughter  of  John  Dolliver,  Dec.  11,  1728, 
and  had  Thomas,  born  in  1730  ;  Joseph,  1732  ;  perhaps  John,  Feb.  25, 
1736;  Susanna,  1738;  and  William,  1743.  A  Thomas  Varrell  died 
about  1768. 

Samuel  Varrel  and  Sarah  Stevens  were  married  May  7,  1731,  and  had 
a  son  Samuel  born  April  20,  1734. 

Daniel  Gibbs,  merchant,  died  March  21  {Hist.  291).  In  his  will, 
proved  April  8,  1762,  he  gave  to  two  half-sisters,  Mary  and  Letitia  Ar- 
chibald, twenty  shillings  each,  and  to  his  wife  the  rest  of  his  property. 
Mrs.  Gibbs  died  Jan.  27,  1769.  By  her  will  she  gave  most  of  her 
property  to  Thomas  Sanders,  3d,  her  nephew,  and  wished  that  he  might 
have  a  liberal  education.  She  also  made  bequests  to  Mary  Sanders  (her 
niece,  sister  of  Thomas)  and  other  relatives  of  the  Sanders  family,  and 
to  Mary  Edgar.  To  Rebecca  Edgar  and  Letitia  Edgar  she  gave  a  house 
and  land  then  occupied  by  them.  She  left  an  estate  of  £2269.  Rev. 
Jabcz  Bailey,  who  for  some  time  taught  the  grammar  school,  says  in  his 
journal,  April  20,  1758,  "This  evening  had  an  interview  with  Esq. 
Gibbs,  who  behaved  toward  me  with  a  degree  of  complaisance  I  had  al- 
ways been  unaccustomed  to,  though  I  must  acknowledge  I  have  had  my 
share  of  extraordinary  caresses  from  several  persons  who  have  been  in 
exalted  stations.  I  was  pleased  with  this  gentleman's  aversion  to  rus- 
ticity and  profaneness." 

March.  A  terrible  storm  at  S.  East.  A  brig  was  cast  awray  on  Nor- 
man's Woe  Rock.  She  belonged  to  Boston  and  was  from  the  West  Indies, 
loaded  with  salt.  Capt.  John  Parkman,  master,  aged  30,  was  drowned 
and  taken  up  the  28th.  Five  men  were  brought  off  the  rock  alive  and 
well. —  Town  Records. 

A  Boston  newspaper  of  April  3,  1727,  has  the  following  account  of 
this  disaster:  "On  the  26th  hist.,  about  10  o'clock  at  Night,  a  Brigan- 
tine  from  Anguilla,  bound  hither,  struck  upon  a  Rock  called  Norman's 
Woe,  near  Cape  Ann,  and  stove  all  to  pieces.  The  master,  whose  name 
was  John  Parkman,  of  this  place,  attempting  to  swing  to  the  Rock  by 
the  Fore-tack,  fell  short  into  the  water  and  was  drowned.  The  rest  of 
the  men  got  off  the  Bowsprit  on  the  Rock  and  were  all  taken  to  shore 
the  next  day.     The  body  of  the  said  Capt.  Parkman  was  also  taken  up 


EARLY   RECORDS.  Ill 

the  next  clay  and  Buried  at  Cape  Ann  on  Thursday  last,  the  30th  instant, 
aged   33  years.     The  vessel  belonged  to  his  father  and  others." 

A  gravestone  in  the  old  burying  ground  still  marks  the  place  of 
burial  of  the  ill-fated  captain.     It  has  the  following  inscription  : 

HERE  LYES  Ye  BODY  OF 

MR.  JOHN   PARKMAN 

SON  TO  MR.  WILLIAM  AND 

MRS.  ELIZh  PARKMAN  OF  BOSTON 

AGED  33  YEARS 

DECd  MARCH  Ye  27,    1727. 

Dec.  28.  Of  a  State  Tax  of  £1000  the  proportion  of  Gloucester  was 
£12.7.8. 

"We  are  informed  that  a  few  days  ago  two  men  travelling  at  Glouces- 
ter, espied  a  child  with  a  jug  of  milk,  running  and  shrieking,  and  were 
not  at  first  sensible  of  the  child's  distress  ;  but,  hastening  to  it,  found  a 
large  rattlesnake  pursuing  it  and  gaining  ground  of  it.  Their  dog  im- 
mediately assaulted  the  snake,  and  the  snake  seized  on  the  dog's  ear ; 
the  men  with  all  speed  dispatched  the  snake,  and  by  the  time  the}^  could 
kill  that,  the  dog  died." 

1728. — Thomas  Goss  and  Patience,  probably  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Haraden,  were  married  March  17,  1728,  and  had  Thomas,  born  May  19, 
1731;  Patience,  baptized  Oct.  27,  1733;  and  Betty,  baptized  Nov.  2, 
1735.  There  is  good  reason  for  the  belief  that  he  died  before  or  about 
1740.  His  son  Thomas  married  Mary  Tarr  in  1755  and  settled  in  Sandy 
Bay  parish,  where  he  had  many  children,  with  some  of  whom  he  re- 
moved to  Danville,  Me.,  where  he  died  Nov.  20,  1819,  aged  eighty-nine 
years.  His  two  sisters  also  lived  to  a  great  age  : — Patience,  who  mar- 
ried Thomas  Chard,  died  Nov.  13,  1826,  aged  ninety-three,  and  Betty, 
who  married  John  Tarr,  died  in  April,  1831,  aged  ninety-rive.  His 
son  John,  as  I  am  informed  by  Dr.  Lapham,  of  Augusta,  Me.,  settled 
in  Danville,  where,  and  in  neighboring  towns,  numerous  descendants 
are  still  living. 

Richard  Goss,  probably  a  near  kinsman  of  the  preceding,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  second  Edward  Haraden,  Jan.  1,  1735.  Per- 
haps he  came  from  Ipswich,  where  a  Richard  Goss  had  lately  deceased, 
Feb.  7,  1714.  He  settled  in  'Squam  parish,  where  he  carried  on  mari- 
time business  to  a  considerable  extent,  and  died  in  October,  1764,  leav- 
ing an  estate  of  £1800,  consisting  of  three  schooners  and  various  articles 


112  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

of  merchandise,  besides  money  and  real  estate.  He  left  a  son  Richard, 
born  Apr.  23,  1737,  and  he  had  a  daughter  Molly,  baptized  Aug.  10, 
1740.  The  son  married  Susanna  Wheeler,  of  Ipswich,  Jan.  6,  1766. 
He  was  a  sea  captain,  and  died  June  15,  1769.  In  his  will  he  left  to 
his  wife  what  the  law  allowed,  and  to  his  mother  all  the  rest  of  his  es- 
tate, who,  upon  her  marriage  or  decease  might  bequeath  it  to  any  of  his 
kindred  of  the  name  of  Goss,  except  to  the  heirs  of  his  uncle  Thomas 
Goss.  He  also  left  £13.6.8  to  Rev.  Thomas  Goss,  minister  of  Bolton, 
upon  the  marriage  or  decease  of  his  mother.  Of  her  death  I  have  not 
learned  the  date.  The  records  of  the  'Squam  church  note  that  "Eliza- 
beth, widow  of  Richard  Goss,  sen.,  was  admitted  to  full  communion 
Aug.  15,  1773,  M.  73,"  and  the  probate  records  show  that  her  will, 
made  23  Feb.  1784,  was  proved  8  April,  1788.  She  Avas  probably  a 
lady  of  considerable  prominence  in  her  native  village,  for  the  traditions 
of  the  place  still  preserve  the  name  of  Madam  Goss. 

Benj.  Perkins  and  Mary,  daughter  of  Capt.  Andrew  Robinson,  were 
married  Feb.  12,  and  had  Francis,  born  in  1728;  Benjamin,  1734; 
Mary,  1736  ;  Elizabeth,  1740  ;  and  Judith,  Sarah  and  Hannah.  He  was 
a  sea  captain  and  died  before  his  wife,  who  was  buried  March  23,  1759. 
James  Marsh  and  Sarah  Riggs  were  married  April  29,  and  had  James, 
born  in  1728  ;  David,  1730  ;  Sarah,  1732  ;  William,  1733  ;  Sarah,  1736  ; 
and  Mary,  1737. 

James  Webster  and  Mary  Curney  were  married  Feb.  26,  and  had  a 
son  James,  born  in  July,  1729. 

John  Warner,  of  Ipswich,  and  Anna  Woodward  were  married  Nov. 
16,  and  had  Hannah,  born  July  9,  1729  ;  and  Abigail,  July  14,  1731. 

Richard  Vaugn  married  Ann  Day  Dec.  12,  and  had  Ann  baptized 
Aug.  30,  1729  ;  Edward,  born  in  1730  ;  Anne,  1732  ;  Sarah,  1734 ;  and 
Dorothy,  1737. 

Joseph  Foster,  of  Ipswich,  and  Abigail  Ring  were  married  March  28. 
The  only  other  Foster  that  appears  in  the  records  before  1751  was 
Thomas,  who  married  Jane  Fielding,  and  had  Daniel  in  1740;  Judith, 
1742  ;  John  Hardgrave,  1745  ;  Thomas,  1748  ;  and  Simeon,  1751. 

Joseph  Heberd  and  wife  Mary  had  daughter  Mary  born  Feb.  21. 
Perhaps  he  brought  to  Gloucester  a  son  Jacob  who  married  Rachel  Ben- 
net  in  1747,  and  had  Mary  born  in  1748;  Jacob,  1750,  died  soon; 
Rachel,  1752;  Jacob,  1754;  Joseph,  1756;  Samuel,  1758;  Moses, 
1760;  John,  1762;  Peter,  1764;  and  Daniel,  1766.  A  widow  Hib- 
bert  died  in  the  second  parish,  March  26,  1778,  aged  eighty-seven. 
Robert   Stewart    (Hist.   261)    married    Anna   Hodgkins,  Oct.  23, 


EARLY  RECORDS.  113 

1727,  and  had  Anna,  born  April  26,  1730;  Elizabeth,  July  6,   1731; 
Deborah,  July  4,  1733  ;  and  Robert,  Aug.  23,  1735. 

Michael  Kingsberry  and  Martha  Hodgkins  were  married  Feb.  29, 
and  had  son  Michael  born  Nov.  11,  1728. 

Joseph  Littlehale  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Pierce  Dec.  14,  1728,  and  to 
widow  Elizabeth  Giddings,  Aug.  8,  1748.  He  had  the  following  chil- 
dren baptized  at  the  First  church  :  Joseph  and  Elizabeth,  1730  ;  Eliza- 
beth, 1731;  Mary,  1737;  Abigail,  1738;  Ann,  1741;  Joseph,  1743; 
Hannah,  1745;  William,  1746;  Sarah,  1748;  Hannah,  1749;  Lydia, 
1750  ;  Jemima  and  Keziah,  1752  ;  Richard,  1753  ;  Lydia,  1754  ;  Eben- 
ezer,  1756;  and  Joseph,  1758.  Joseph  Littlehale,  jr.,  married  Sarah 
Broome,  October  24,  1752,  and  had  Sarah,  baptized  1754,  and  Joseph, 
1757.     The  name  was  also  perpetuated  by  Richard. 

1729. — William  Knight  of  Manchester  and  Hannah  York  were  mar- 
ried March  18,  1729,  and  had  son  William  baptized  Jan.  2,  1732. 

Jonathan  Downing  and  Sarah  Day  were  married  Jan.  30,  and  had 
daughter  Sarah  born  Dec.  11,  1729. 

David  Downing's  wife  Susanna  {Hist.  256)  died  Dec.  22,  1718, 
aged  thirty-nine.      He  married  second  Mary  Josline,  Dec.  14,  1722. 

1730. — William  Simerton  and  Anna  Wilson  were  married  Nov.  30, 
and  had  James  born  Nov.  14,  1731. 

James  Brady  married  Jane  Stevens,  Dec.  7,  1730,  had  a  daughter 
Jane  born  July  12,  1732,  and  he.  died  March  14,  same  year.  His  widow 
married  John  Carter,  Nov.  6,  1733. 

Joshua  Kendall  married  Mary  Tarr  Sept.  22,  1730,  and  was  intend- 
ing marriage  with  widow  Mary  Davis,  April  3,  1755.  The  records 
give  him  the  following  children  : — Mary,  born  in  1731  ;  Joshua,  1733, 
died  May  22,  1748  ;  Ann,  1735  ;  Jonathan,  1738  ;  Abigail,  1743  ;  Lydia, 
1745;  and  Joshua,  1748.  This  was  a  Sandy  Bay  family,  and  accord- 
ing to  the  Rockport  Directory,  the  name  is  still  borne  by  one  male 
adult  in  that  town. 

Timothy  Higgins  and  Elizabeth  Hammonds  were  married  Feb.  26, 
and  had  a  son  Timothy  baptized  Oct.  8,  1732,  who  married  Mary  Mar- 
tin, Feb.  3,  1757,  had  three  children  and  was  lost  on  a  fishing  voyage 
to  the  Banks  in  the  great  gale  of  1766.  Timothy,  sen.,  had  a  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  who  married  Samuel  Witham,  and  was  the  mother  ot  Mrs. 
Deborah  Sanders,  the  only  centenarian  of  Gloucester  birth. 

Edward  Jumper  and  Abigail  Wise  were  married  Dec.  14.  Their 
children   were  Edward,  born  in  1731;  Abigail,  1734;  Abigail,  1738; 

12 


114  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

William  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Mary,  1749  ;  and  Joseph,  1753.  The  name  was 
perpetuated  in  town  by  the  sons  Edward  and  William.  A  Joseph  Jum- 
per died  in  'Squain  Parish,  Oct.,  1817,  and  a  John  Jumper  in  Jan., 
1837,  aged  forty-nine. 

Thomas  Oakes  and  Jane  Somes  were  married  in  December,  and  had 
Thomas  born  in  1733  ;  Emma,  1736  ;  Patty,  1738  ;  Robert,  1743  ;  John, 
Oct.  18,  1745,  and  the  mother  died  six  days  after.  He  next  married 
Susanna  Clark,  March  20,  1746,  and  had  son  John,  born  Sept.  25, 
1747,  and  died  before  Oct.  23,  1753,  when  his  widow  married  Israel 
Sheldon. 

Isaac  Annis  married  Experience  Haraden  Jan.  22,  1730,  and  settled 
in  'Squam  parish.  His  children  were  : — Experience,  born  in  1731  ; 
Isaac,  1733;  Deliverance,  1735  ;  Sarah,  1738:  Daniel,  1740;  Mark, 
1742;  Esther,  1743;  and  Ebenezer,  1747,  who  died  in  Dec,  1819. 

Samuel  Fleming  was  drowned  on  the  Banks  in  April.  By  his  wife 
Jenet  he  had  a  daughter  Abigail  born  in  1725.  Mary  baptized  in  1723, 
daughter  of  a  Fleming  without  name  of  baptism,  was  probably  his 
child. 

Capt.  John  Prince  is  paid  £2  for  what  he  did  to  prevent  the  small- 
pox coming  into  the  town,  for  damage  he  received  in  his  clothes,  and 
for  helping  bury  Jacob  Row  ;  James  Broom  paid  £3.15  for  same  ; 
Stephen  Cleigh  for  same,  and  for  removing  Joseph  Tarr's  vessel. 

Sadler's  Run.  Commoners  reserve  two  or  three  acres  of  land  lying 
on  the  southerly  side  of  the  brook  for  public  use  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  the  washing  of  sheep  in  said  brook. 

1731. — Jonathan  Ingersol,  Henry  Haskell  and  others  (to  the  number 
of  one  hundred)  of  Gloucester,  petition  the  General  Court  to  grant  them 
a  tract  of  land  eight  miles  square,  adjoining  Falmouth,  in  Casco  Bay 
and  Presumpscot  River,  for  reasons  mentioned.  The  petition  was  read, 
and  upon  a  motion  made  and  seconded,  the  question  was  put  whether  it 
be  convenient  that  a  number  of  towns  be  opened  within  the  Province, 
and  it  passed  in  the  affirmative. 

Rowland  Battin  married  Abigail  Curney,  Feb.,  1731,  and  died  in 
1734,  leaving  one  daughter.  Abraham  Battin  appears  June  3,  1735, 
when  he  married  Ann  Elwell.  Besides  four  daughters,  he  had  sons, — 
Rowland,  Abraham,  Ebenezer,  John  and  Joseph,  three  of  whom  cer- 
tainly married  and  had  issue. 

Jacob  Maeculloch  and  Mary  Wilson  were  married  Nov.  11,  and  had 
Mary,  baptized  Dec.  14,  1735;  and  Joseph,  July  16,  1738. 


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Moses  Plats  and  Ruth  Williams  were  married  Dec.  2,  1731,  and  had 
Sarah,  born  in  1735  ;  Jonathan,  1737  ;  and  Ruth,  1739. 

Andrew  Grimes  and  Mary  Davis  were  married  July  10,  1731  ;  and 
had  Mary  born  in  1731  ;  Andrew,  1739  ;  Hannah,  1741  ;  Sarah,  1743  ; 
and  William,   1745.     His  two  sons  appear  to  have  married  in  town. 

Elias  Cook  and  wife  Sarah,  probably  from  Marblehead,  had  a  daugh- 
ter Sarah  born  this  year,  and  sons  Francis,  Benjamin,  Samuel  and  Wil- 
liam in  subsequent  years.  Josiah  Cook  and  his  wife  Mary  appear  in 
town  in  1749,  when  their  daughter  Mary  was  born  ;  the  wife  died  in 
1752,  and  he  married  widow  Hannah  Emmons  in  1753,  who  died  in 
1764,  and  he  took  for  third  wife  widow  Jemima  Parsons,  Nov.  29,  same 
year.  His  other  children  were  a  son  Josiah  and  four  daughters,  one  of 
whom  said  that  her  father  was  a  nephew  of  Capt.  James  Cook,  the  dis- 
tinguished navigator.  A  John  Cook  and  Sarah  Young  were  intending 
marriage  Oct.  29,  1750,  and  had  a  daughter  Sarah  born,  Oct.  5,  1751. 

Rufus  Stacy  {Hist.  286)  married  Martha  Kingsbury  Sept.  27,  1731, 
and  had  Susanna,  born  in  1731  ;  Rufus,  1734;  Martha,  1737  ;  and  Eb- 
enezer,  1739. 

1732. — Richard  Smith  and  wife  Ruth  had  son  Richard,  born  June  26. 

Peter  Heel  and  Miriam  Haskell  were  married  Oct.  18,  and  had  son 
Peter  baptized  Sept.  18,  1733. 

James  Macoy  and  Janet  Fleming  were  married  Dec.  19,  and  had  Anna, 
born  Oct.  18,  1738;  and  James,  baptized  April  12,  1741. 

William  Moore  and  Lydia  Parsons  were  married  Jan.  20,  and  had 
Lydia,  born  April  11,  1733  ;  and  Mary,  April  26,  1734. 

James  Mattocks,  or  Maddox,  and  Lydia  Hammond  were  married 
Feb.  3,  and  had  Lydia;  James,  born  1734;  Lucy,  baptized  March  13, 
1737  ;  Thomas,  May  20,  1739  ;  and  John,  June,  1745. 

Thomas  Messervey  and  Elizabeth  Foster  were  married  Jan.  5,  and 
had  Catey,  born  in  1732;  John,  1737;  Oben,  1739;  Sarah,  1744; 
Ephraim,  1747;  and  William,  1750. 

Samuel  Stevens,  merchant,  Nathaniel  Ellerv,  merchant,  Elias  Davis, 
merchant,  David  Plummer,  physician,  Samuel  Stevens,  jr.,  mariner, 
William  Parsons,  shoreman,  Philemon  Warner,  blacksmith,  and  John 
Prince,  form  a  company  for  the  erection  of  a  windmill,  and  purchase  a 
piece  of  land  85  feet  square  of  John  Prince  on  which  to  set  it.  This 
mill  stood  on  or  near  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the  Collins  school  house, 
but  I  know  not  that  any  living  person  ever  saw  it,  though  the  spot  was 
always  called  Windmill  Hill  half  a  century  ago. 


116  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

William  Steele  and  wife  Ann  settled  in  the  second  parish  and  had 
William,  born  in  1732;  James,  1734;  Jonathan,  1737;  John,  1740; 
Joseph,  1742  ;  and  Moses,  1748  ;  William  married  Phebe  Lord  of  Ips- 
wich, had  several  children  and  died  in  Oct.,  1799,  aged  about  sixty- 
nine.  James,  the  next  son  of  William,  married  Mary  Littlehale  Jan. 
6,  1757.  His  oldest  son,  James,  settled  in  the  harbor  parish,  and  died 
April  13,  1831,  aged  seventy-three.  Jonathan  Steel  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  David  Pearce,  April  26,  1763.  I  know  nothing  of  his  de- 
scendants except  that  he  is  said  to  have  had  a  son  David  who  went  in 
early  life  to  live  with  his  uncle  Joseph  Pearce  in  New  Gloucester,  Me. 

James  Edgerly,  shipwright,  son  of  Samuel,  came  from  Durham,  N.  H., 
and  married  Elinor,  daughter  of  William  Ellery  and  widow  of  James 
Sawyer,  Ang.  15.  In  1747  he  bought  of  Nathaniel  Ellcy  "a  parcel  of 
land  adjoining  to  Spring  Cove,  alias  Vinson's  or  Ellery's  Cove,  so  called, 
including  a  barn  and  a  house  to  be  built  over  the  cellar  of  the  old 
house  which  was  his  father  Ellery's."  This  property  he  sold  to  William 
Fuller  in  1769  for  £113.6.8.  A  James  Edgerly's  intention  of  marriage 
with  Rachel  Stanwood  was  published  Dec.  7,  1765.  The  issue  of  a  cer- 
tificate was  forbidden  by  her  the  same  day,  but  she  afterwards  relented 
and  they  were  married  Dec.  22. 

1733.  —Solomon  Howard  and  wife  Esther  had  Anna,  born  Oct.  7, 
1733;  Esther,  July  1,  1735;  and  Solomon,  Feb.  28,  1737.  The  latter 
married  Sarah  Grover,  March  15,  1757. 

Digery  Preson  and  Hannah  Goodrich  were  married  this  year,  and  had 
son  Joseph,  born  Nov.  3,  1734. 

John  Grover  and  Experience  Randall  were  married  August  26,  1733, 
and  had  Experience,  born  in  1735  ;  and  Rebecca  baptized  in  1739. 

Samuel  Elliot. — Besides  his  two  sons  mentioned  in  \X\q  History,  page 
299,  he  had  Samuel  and  William  and  daughters  Hannah  and  Martha. 
His  grandson  James,  who  had  been  representative  in  Congress  from 
Vermont,  died  at  Newfane,  Vt.,  Nov.  10,  1839,  aged  about  sixty-four. 

John  Curtis  and  Jane  Brady  were  married  Nov.  6,  and  had  sons 
William  and  James.  He  probably  had  a  second  wife,  Hannah  Inger- 
Bol,  by  whom  his  son  John  was  born  Sept.  11,  1751. 

John  Matchet  and  Mary  Ingersol  were  married  Nov.  18,  and  had 
Mary,  born  in  1734;  Anne,  1736;  Sarah,  baptized  June  10,  1739;  and 
John,  Sept.  5,  1742. 

Nathan  Fletcher  and  Lucy  El  well  were  married  June  11,  1733,  and 
had  Lucy,  born   in  1735;  Elizabeth,  baptized  in  1737;  Nathan,  1739; 


EARLY    RECORDS.  117 

John,  1742;  and  James,  1744.  A  Nathan  Fletcher  and  Lydia  Cleve- 
land intended  marriage  Oct.  19,  1765.  John  Fletcher  married  Patience 
Wonson  in  1769.     A  Nathaniel  Fletcher  died  26  March,  1786  (  ?). 

Benj.  Redding  and  Lydia  Thorndike  were  married  May  30,  and  had 
Lydia,  born  July  15,  1733;  and  Benjamin,  April  8,  1736,  before  which 
date  the  father  had  died. 

Philip  Tewksberry  and  wife  Hannah  had  daughter  Hannah,  born  Sept. 
19  ;  son  Samuel,  1735  ;  and  Ward,  July  23,  1737.  William  and  Mary, 
previous  children,  were  born  in  Marblehead. 

Thomas  Dresser. — The  records  give  him  nine  children  : — John,  born 
in  1733;  Moses,  1735;  Thomas,  1738;  Job,  1740,  died  soon ;  Sarah, 
1741;  Henry,  1743;  Elizabeth,  1744;  Abigail,  1746;  Samuel,  1748; 
and  Richard  without  date  ;  in  addition  to  whom  it  was  said  there  was 
another  daughter,  and  sons  Joseph  and  Aaron,  both  of  whom  settled  in 
or  near  New  Gloucester,  Me. 

Robert  Randall  went  to  Carolina  with  Capt.  Turner  of  Scituate,  and 
hath  not,  nor  any  of  ye  company,  been  heard  of  since  May,  1733. 
—  Town  Records. 

Ebenezer  Cass  and  Lydia  Sargent  were  married  Jan.  5,  1733,  and 
had  Sarah,  born  in  1733  ;  Amos,  1735  ;  Samuel,  1740  ;  Jonathan,  1744  ; 
and  Rachel,  1746.  He  died  Jan.  30,  1779,  aged  seventy-seven.  His 
wife  died  Jan.  7,  1775,  aged  sixty-three. 

1734. — Benj.  Anderson  married  Hannah  Wilson,  Nov.  11,  1734.  No 
children  are  mentioned,  but  a  Peter  Anderson  died  here  March  13, 
1820,  aged  seventy-five. 

Nicholas  Kuetville  or  Quitvil  and  Hannah  Stevens  were  intending 
marriage  Nov.  16.  The  following  children  are  recorded  to  them  : — 
William,  born  in  1735  ;  Rachel,  1737  ;  Nathaniel,  1739  ;  Hannah,  1741  ; 
and  Nicholas,  1748.  Bcnoni  alias  Edward  Kidvel,  son  of  Jemina  Has- 
kell, was  born  Sept.  27,  1725,  and  was  apprenticed  to  Ebenezer  Par- 
sous  in  1731.  An  Edward  Kuetville  and  Lydia  Hooper  of  Manchester 
were  intending  marriage  Oct.  4,  1748.  Perhaps  the  name  has  now  be- 
come Kittield. 

Isaac  Hall  and  Mary  Joslyn  were  married  Aug.  22,  1734,  and  had 
John,  born  in  1734;   and  Constantine,  1736. 

John  Ball  came  in  1734  and  appears  to  have  settled  in  the  second  par- 
ish. He  married  Judith  Day,  Nov.  7,  and  had  a  daughter  Judith  and 
a  son  John. 

Thomas  Sewall  and  Mary  Norton  were  married  July  29,  and  had  Ju- 


118  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

dith,  baptized  at  the  Third  church,  Dec.    10,  1738  ;  and  Thomas,  April 
19,  1741. 

Isaac  Hawes  and  Mary  Sargent  were  married  Nov.  11,  and  had  son 
Isaac,  born  Sept.  21,  1735. 

William  Peters  and  Abigail  Littletield  were  married  Oct.  31,  and 
had  Sarah,  born  Aug.  21,  1735  ;  and  William,  baptized  Feb.  4,  1737. 

Neal  MacFederick  and  Jerusha  Davis  were  married  Nov.  14,  and  had 
William,  born  in  1735.  She  died  July  18,  1737,  and  he  next  married 
Hannah  Baker,  May  28,  1739,  and  had  by  her  Joseph,  born  in  1740  : 
Daniel,  1742;  John,  1744;  Jabez,,  1746  ;  Benjamin,  1748;  Hannah, 
1750;  Henry,  1752;  Samuel,  1753;  James,  1755;  and  Rachel,  1757. 
The  son  Jabez  shortened  the  name  to  Federicks.  He  married  Judith 
Lufkin,  April  1,  1770,  and  had  nine  children.  He  died  Dec.  31,  1819, 
aged  sevent}'-three.  She  died  in  Oct.,  1835,  aged  eighty-one.  One 
of  his  sons,  James,  died  March  16,  1836,  aged  forty-four.  Judith,  daugh- 
ter of  Jabez,  married  Robert  Huntress  and  died  about  four  months  after 
the  birth  of  her  son  Joseph  Lufkin  Fedricks,  who  was  born  Aug.  24, 
1801. 

June  5.  The  town  petitions  the  General  Court,  praying  for  a  grant 
of  some  of  the  unappropriated  land  of  the  province  for  the  use  and  sup- 
port of  a  grammar  school  in  said  town.  Read  and  referred,  together 
with  other  petitions  of  the  same  nature. 

1735. — Samuel  Middleton  of  Bradford  and  Sarah  Davis  were  married 
March  27,  and  had  son  William,  born  at  Haverhill  Aug.  27,  1736. 

Felix  Doyle  and  Mary  Goodridge  were  married  Dec.  25,  1735,  and 
had  Felix,  1737;  Daniel,  1739;  Samuel,  1745;  and  Mary,  1747;  be- 
sides others  who  died  in  infancy. 

Josiah  Jewett  and  wife  Mercy  had  Josiah,  born  Nov.  4,  1735  ;  Da- 
vid, baptized  Aug.  7,  1737  ;  and  Mercy,  baptized  Nov.  11,  1739. 

William  Jackson  and  Rachel  Murrell  were  married  Jan.  30,  and  had 
daughter  Rachel  born  Nov.  2,  1735. 

Benjamin  Knights  and  Grace  Tucker  were  married  Nov.  26,  and  had 

Benjamin,  born  in  1738;  David,  1740;   Sarah,  1742;  and  Job,  1746. 

William  Westway  and  Abigail  Eveleth  were  married  Jan.   7,  1735, 

and  had  Abigail, born  1735  ;  Susanna,  1737  ;  William,  1739  ;  and  Mary, 

1742. 

John  Winnery  and  Sarah  Row  were  married  Dec.  7,  and  had  Sarah, 
born  in  1737  ;  and  Mary,  baptized  July  15,  1739.  The  latter  married 
David  Parsons  in  1758. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  110 

Eliakim  Smith  and  Sarah  Riggs  were  married  Dec.  21,  1735,  and  had 
Thomas,  born  in  1737;  Eliakim,  1739;  William,  1741;  Sarah,  1743; 
Hannah,  1746;  James,  1748;  and  Ketnrah,  1750. 

Abraham  Battin  and  Ann  Elwell  were  married  June  3,  1735,  and  had 
Mary,  born  in  1735  ;  Rowland,  1738  ;  Abraham,  1740  ;  Ebenezer,  1742  ; 
Ann,  1744;  Elizabeth  Travis,  1747;  John,  1749;  Bethial,  1751;  and 
Joseph,  1754. 

1736. — Samuel  Heyden  or  Hidden  and  Dorcas  Robinson  were  mar- 
ried Feb.  12,  and  had  Molly,  born  July,  1736;  Lydia ;  Dorcas,  1740; 
Robinson,  1743;  Samuel,  1746;  Joseph,  1749;  Benjamin,  1751,  and 
Dorcas  again,  1755. 

Daniel  Knights  and  wife  Martha  had  Elizabeth,  born  in  1736  ;  Mary, 
1738;  Martha,  1740;  Samuel  Peteshall,  1742;  Daniel,  1744;  Susan- 
nah, 1746;  William,  1748;  and  Samuel,  born  at  Manchester,  Aug.  15, 
17—. 

Benjamin  Knight  had  a  wife  Martha,  by  whom  a  daughter  Elizabeth 
was  born  in  1736  ;  Mary,  1738  ;  and  Martha,  1740. 

Samuel  Currier  and  wife  Lydia  had  a  son  Samuel  born  Dec.  4th  this 
year,  and  a  daughter  Lydia  in  1738. 

Thomas  Boffee  married  Margaret  Denning  Nov.  9,  1736.  A  Marga- 
ret Boffee,  probably  his  widow,  married  Zebedee  Day,  Feb.  19,  1743. 

John  Brock  and  Abigail,  daughter  of  Eliezer  Elwell,  were  married 
March  25.  They  had  a  daughter  Abigail  and  a  son  John.  The  latter, 
born  Nov.  4,  1740,  married  Martha  Tucker  Dec.  8,  1673,  who  became 
a  widow  before  Oct.,  1771,  and,  in  1777,  removed  with  her  children, 
Martha,  William  and  Mary,  to  New  Gloucester. 

Benjamin  Winter  and  Ruth,  probably  daughter  of  Samuel  Parsons, 
were  married  Oct.  28,  and  had  Benjamin,  born  Sept.  10,  1737;  and 
Ruth,  May  13,  1739.  Thomas  Winter,  perhaps  son  of  the  preceding, 
married  Joanna  Davis,  May  20,  1762,  and  had  a  son  Mark  Davis,  born 
July  4,  1763. 

1737,  Feb. — Capt.  Everet  arrived  at  Cape  Ann  from  Cadiz,  but  per- 
haps not  in  a  vessel  belonging  in  Gloucester,  for  there  is  no  evidence 
that  as  early  as  this  any  of  the  people  of  the  town  had  engaged  in  trade 
with  European  ports. 

"  Feb.  5.  A  Blazing  Star  appeared,  being  a  small  Head  at  ye  West 
and  a  dim  sharp  stream  at  ye  eastern  end  of  ye  blaze,  which  was  short 
and  it  was  about  half  an  hour  lower  than  the  Evening  Star." — Town 
Records. 


120  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

"On  ye  6th,  being  Sabbath,  just  before  night,  we  heard  a  pretty  loud 
earthquake." — Town  Records. 

"The  blazing  Star  appeared  from  ye  5th  till  ye  20  of  February  inclu- 
sively, growing  dimmer  and  dimmer  until  it  quite  disappeared." — Town 
Records. 

Thomas  Phipps  and  Lydia  Mu ire  11  were  married  Dec.  19,  and  had 
William,  born  in  1738  ;  and  Anna,  1741. 

1738. — Nathaniel  Bennet,  Job  Bennet,  Jonathan  Haskell,  John 
Burnham,  and  Thomas  Canneby  were  supposed  to  have  been  lost  this 
year  on  a  fishing  voyage  to  Sable  Island. 

James  Pearson  (Hist.  322)  had  1>}T  his  first  wife,  William,  born  in 
1741,  and  Gibbs,  baptized  in  1744;  and  by  his  second  wife,  James, 
born  in  1752;  Hannah,  1754;  John,  1757;  and  Samuel,  1764.  The 
last  named  son  married  Susanna  Somes  Dec.  16,  1789,  and  was  the 
father  of  the  late  Capt.  Samuel  Pearson,  the  last  male  of  the  family  who 
bore  the  name  in  town. 

John  Stenchfield  and  wife  Elizabeth  had  John  born  this  year;  Wil- 
liam, 1741  ;  Elizabeth,  1743  ;  James,  1745  ;  Thomas,  1748  ;  and  Roger, 
1753  (  ?).  The  family  removed  to  New  Gloucester,  Me.,  where  James 
died  June  15,  1828,  aged  83. 

Paul  Morgan  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  Deacon  James  Lane,  April 
6,  and  settled  on  the  north  side  of  the  Cape,  where  the  name  is  still 
borne  by  his  descendants.  His  children  were:— Ruth,  born  in  1739; 
Mary,  1741;  Judith,  1743;  Paul,  1745;  Henry  1749;  John,  1752; 
Joanna,  1755  ;  and  William,  1761.  The  son  John  died  in  captivity  at 
Halifax  in  1777.  Paul,  the  oldest  son,  married  Anna  Brown  of  Ips- 
wich, and  died  in  June,  1830,  aged  eighty-four.  Ann,  his  wife,  died 
in  March,  1832,  aged  eighty.  He  had  a  son  Paul  who  was  drowned  off 
Folly  Point,  Nov.  21,  1811  ;  and  a  son  Nathan  F.  who  died  in  Rockport, 
July  14,  1865,  in  his  ninetieth  year. 

Josiah  Bradbury,  born  in  Salisbury,  July  25,  1704,  married  Anna, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Stevens,  March  (5,  1738,  and  had  a  son  Josiah  born 
Feb.  16,  1739  ;  a  daughter  Anna  in  1742  ;  and  Maria  in  1744.  In  1773 
he  was  an  innkeeper  in  Pownalborough,  Me.  One  of  his  descendants, 
Josiah,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  and  has  children  liv- 
ing in  the  West. 

1739. — John  Kelsey  and  Hannah  Foster  were  intending  marriage  July 
14.     Their  son  James  was  born  May  9,  1739. 

Charles  Stockbridge  and  Sarah  Low  were  married  Nov.  27,  and  had 
Sarah,  born  in  1741  ;  Charles,  1742  ;  and  Sarah,  again,  1744. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  121 

Daniel  Stone  by  wife  Miriam  had  Daniel  born  in  172!)  ;  and  Stephen  , 
1741. 

William  Wilson  and  Elizabeth  Staples  were  married  Jan.  1,  and  had 
a  son  Samuel  born  Sept.  2. 

Richard  True  and  Lydia  Mogridge  were  married  Dec.  13,  1739,  and 
had  Richard,  born  in  1741;  William,  1743;  William,  again,  1745; 
Samuel,  1747  ;  and  Daniel,  1750.  The  mother  is  said  to  have  died  in 
January,  1817,  at  ninety-seven. 

Jan.  5.  Benjamin  Tarr,  Samuel  Davis,  Edward  Grover,  and  sundry 
others  of  Sandy  Bay  petition  the  General  Court  to  be  allowed  to  receive 
one-quarter  part  of  their  parish  tax  from  the  parish  treasury,  to  enable 
them  to  maintain  preaching  the  three  winter  months. 

1740,  Nov.  17  and  18. — A  violent  snow  storm  ;  a  sloop  from  the  east- 
ward, with  wood  was  cast  away  at  Cape  Ann  and  four  men  were  drowned, 
who  attempted  to  go  ashore  in  a  canoe  ;  but  a  boy  who  remained  on 
board  the  vessel  was  happily  preserved.  A  man  also  drove  ashore  upon 
a  piece  of  a  vessel,  but  so  bruised  and  spent  that  he  could  give  no  ac- 
count of  Jiimself  or  the  vessel  to  which  he  belonged.  A  number  of  limes 
and  lemons  also  came  ashore. 

Jonathan  Fellows  (Hist.  323),  who  came  about  this  time,  was  son  of 
Jonathan  of  Ipswich,  and  was  born  June  15,  1707.  The  wife  whom 
he  brought  to  Gloucester  was  Elizabeth  Sanders,  daughter  of  Caleb 
Norwood,  and  widow  of  John  Sanders,  to  whom  she  was  married  in 
Boston  Dec.  3,  1729.  She  was  married  to  Jonathan  Fellows  about 
1735.  He  was  then  a  widower,  his  first  wife,  Abigail  Gaines,  having 
died  ten  days  after  the  birth  of  her  son  Jonathan,  Jan.  20,  1730.  The 
children  by  his  second  wife  were  Samuel,  born  in  1736;  Gustavns, 
1737,  died  Aug.  2,  1816;  Cornelius,  1738,  died  at  Guadaloupe,  W.  I., 
in  1795  or  1798;  Elizabeth,  1740;  Nathaniel,  1743;  Caleb,  1744,  died 
soon  ;  and  Caleb  and  Abigail,  1746.  I  know  not  that  airy  of  the  sons 
settled  in  town,  but  I  can  add  that  Gustavns  and  Cornelius  married  and 
are  said  to  have  had  thirteen  children  each.  The  inventory  of  the  es- 
tate of  Capt.  Fellows,  taken  Jan.  25,  1760,  contains  the  following  items  : 
— Homestead,  £450;  another  dwelling  house  and  land  in  ye  woods, 
£100;  a  shop,  £250;  plate,  £20;  negro  boy,  £28;  negro  girl,  £28; 
money  at  interest  and  cash,  £233  6s.  8d. 

John  Eulin  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Parsley,  deceased,  Feb. 
26,  and  besides  three  daughters,  had  sons  John,  born  in  1741  ;  William, 
1745,  died  1747  ;  Jeremiah,  1752  :  and  Benjamin,  1754.     The  son  John 

13 


122  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

was  probably  the  John  Hewling,  jr.,  who  married  Mary  Clark,  July 
25,  1764,  and  Sarah  Lee,  March  25,  1770.  He  had  a  son  Samuel  born 
Nov.  6,  1768,  who,  without  doubt,  was  the  Samuel  Yewling  who  died 
Jan.  27,  1860,  aged  according  to  the  town  records,  with  not  unusual  ex- 
aggeration, ninety-seven. 

Philip  Bailey  and  Mary  Saunders  were  married  Dec.  23,  1740,  and 
had  a  son  Philip  who  died  in  childhood.  He  became  a  widower  and 
married  widow  Mary  Ingersoll,  Jan.  21,  1744.  He  died  before  the 
birth  of  his  twins,  Philip  and  Rachel,  J;ln.  1,  1758.  Besides  these  he 
had  three  daughters  and  a  son  John.  Nathan  Bay  ley,  who  came  soon 
after  Philip,  besides  four  daughters,  had  sous  Nathaniel  and  Moses. 
The  wife  of  Nathaniel  Bayley  was  Mary,  probably  daughter  of  William 
Davis.      See  Hist.  348. 

Henry  Edgar,  of  Gloucester,  formerly  of  Richmond,  near  Kennebec, 
petitioned  the  General  Court  for  a  grant  of  some  of  the  unappropriated 
land  of  the  Province,  as  a  recompense  for  his  great  and  uncommon  suf- 
fering by  the  Indians  in  1722. 

Henry  Edgar,  jr.  and  Mary  Fleming  of  Tewksbury  were  intending 
marriage  Oct.  22,  1743,  and  were  probably  the  parents  of  Henry  who 
was  baptized  at  the  First  Church  in  1745.  He  or  another  Henry,  per- 
haps the  first,  married  Rebecca  Collins  Feb.  6,  1764,  and  had  two  daugh- 
ters,— Rebecca,  baptized  in  1765,  and  Letitia,  in  1767.  The  father 
must  have  died  before  6  Jan.,  1768,  for  Mrs.  Mary  Gibbs,  then  making 
her  will,  gave  to  Rebecca  and  Letitia  Edgar,  "heirs  of  Henry  Edgar, 
deceased,"  the  house  they  then  lived  in.  But  there  was  a  Henry  who 
married  Sarah  Byles  about  1768  and  was  lost  at  sea  before  1774,  when 
his  widow  married  Richard  Littlehale.  He  left  a  son  Henry,  born  in 
1771,  who  became  a  sea  captain  and  died  Sept.  28,  1817. 

A  William  Edgar  had  a  daughter  Mary  baptized  1  Oct.  1747,  and 
died  before  1769.  She  is  also  mentioned  in  Mrs.  Gibbs'  will,  and  was, 
without  doubt,  the  Mary  Edgar  who  married  John  Stevens  Ellery,  July 
4,  1769,  and  died  in  1770. 

John  Edgar,  not  thought  to  be  connected  with  any  of  the  foregoing, 
died  in  August,  1813,  in  consequence  of  running  a  spike  into  his  foot 
while  at  work  on  a  wreck. 

1741. — The  "Brief"  referred  to  in  the  following  letter  from  Rev.  John 
White  was  issued  in  behalf  of  the  sufferers  by  the  great  fire  by  which, 
in  November,  1740,  three  hundred  of  the  best  buildings,  with  a  vast 
amount  of  other  property,  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  were  consumed.  The 
British  Parliament  voted  £20,000  for  their  relief. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  123 

Letter  from  Mr.  White  to  the  Governor  and  Council  : 

Glocesteh,  June  20,  1741. 
May  it  please  your  Excellency,  and  your  Honours,  I  received  your  Brief.  Read  and 
recommended  it  to  our  Congregation  so  far  as  I  could  in  prudence  and  conscience. 
Doubtless  Charlestown  is  under  distressing  circumstances  by  reason  of  the  late  disas- 
trous fire,  and  compassion  is  due  to  them,  and  those  Towns  as  are  able  will  do  an  ac- 
ceptable service  and  well-pleasing  unto  God;  who  contribute  to  their  relief.  But  I 
humbly  apprehend  our  Town  in  ye  present  impoverished  condition  are  not  under  ob- 
ligations to  contribute  to  them.  For  almost  our  whole  dependance  under  God  is  upon 
our  Navigation  and  Fishery  and  our  other  Navigation  on  our  Fishery.  And  that  has 
so  far  failed  by  reason  of  the  war  with  Spain,  and  ye  fears  of  war  with  France ;  as  also 
by  reason  of  ye  smallness  of  ye  price  offish,  and  ye  clearness  of  salt,  bread  and  craft, 
that  of  above  seventy  Ashing  vessels  there  are  few  if  any  above  ten  in  that  business. 
Our  people  are  scattered  abroad  in  the  world  to  get  their  bread.  Many  pressed ;  many 
serving  as  volunteers  in  his  majesty's  service.  And  the  cry  of  many  for  necessaries  is 
very  affecting.  And  we  have  had  three  contributions  for  ye  relief  of  the  poor  the  last 
year  in  our  congregation,  and  other  families  are  very  pressing  for  relief.  I  humbly  ap- 
prehend all  are  obliged  in  the  first  place  to  do  justice,  and  nest  to  love  mercy;  and  so 
to  walk  humbly  with  God.  I  wish  our  People  could  do  justice  to  me,  to  others,  and 
to  all,  which  in  their  present  poor  condition  they  cannot.  They  express  a  willingness. 
Our  Parish  owes  me  about  two  hundred  pounds,  and  for  the  want  of  it  I  am  obliged 
(that  I  may  do  ye  thing  that  is  just,  and  make  my  creditors  easy)  to  pay  Interest  for 
about  two  hundred  pounds,  which  is  much  to  my  prejudice  and  distress. 

The  difficulties  I  have  labored  under  some  years  past  are  such,  as  to  occasion  at  times 
serious  thoughts  of  trying  some  other  place  or  some  other  business  to  support  my 
family.  But  I  desire  not  to  be  rash  but  to  wait  upon  God,  who  in  some  past  tryals  has 
done  for  me  above  what  1  was  able  to  ask  or  think. 

I  humbly  ask  your  Excellency  and  your  honours  Pardon  for  my  freedom.  And  trust 
what  I  have  written  may  excuse  us  with  respect  to  the  Brief.  With  my  hearty  good 
wishes  for  your  Excellency  and  your  Honours,  I  am  your  humble,  obedient  servant, 

Johx  White. 

P.  S-  I  pray  that  my  difficult  and  perplexed  circumstances  may  Apologize  and  Ex- 
cuse for  my  being  concerned  in  the  land  Bank.  When  I  first  gave  in  my  name,  I 
looked  upon  it  as  just  and  beneficial  to  the  Public.  But  it  in  ye  event  proving  hurtful, 
I  am  sorry  I  was  ever  concerned  iu  it.  J.  W. 

Mr.  White  mortgaged  his  real  estate  to  the  hind  bank  for  seventy-five 

pounds,  and  was  not  the  only  Gloucester  sufferer  by  this  wretched  finan- 
cial enterprise.  About  a  dozen  citizens  of  the  town  were  engaged  in  it, 
and  sis  late  as  1764,  assessments  were  made  on  eight  of  them,  as  fol- 
lows :— John  Millett,  £8.3.0;  Eliezer  Parsons,  £2.16.0;  David  Plum- 
nier,  £12.12.0;  John  Sargent,  £2.16.0;  David  Stanwood,  £5.12.0; 
Rev.  J.  White,  £4.4.0;  Humphrey  Woodbury,  £*.8.0;  Thomas  York, 
£5.12.0. 

William  Webb  of  Salem  and  Abigail  Riggs  were  married  March  23, 
and  had  Abigail,  born  in  1742  ;  William,  1744;  Elizabeth,  1748  ;  John, 
1750:  Lucy,  1756;  and  Oliver,  1758.  A  William  Webb  was  intend- 
ing marriage  with  Elizabeth  Holland  of  Manchester,  March  14,  1763. 


124  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

John  McClinch  and  wife  Elizabeth  had  daughter  Esther  born  July  1. 
A  daughter  Elizabeth  is  on  the  records  as  born  in  Ireland. 

Ebenezer  Bowman  and  Elizabeth  Sanders  were  married  Nov.  23, 
1741.  They  had  two  Johns,  Elizabeth  and  Ebenezer  baptized  at  the 
First  Church. 

Nathaniel  Kinsman,  probably  from  Ipswich,  married  Anna,  daughter 
of  famous  Capt.  Andrew  Robinson,  Feb.  11,  1741,  and  had  the  follow- 
ing children  :— Anna,  born  in  1743;  Nathaniel,  1745;  Daniel,  1748  ; 
Mary,  1751  ;  Simeon,  1752;  William,  1754;  Benjamin,  1757;  Joseph, 
1759;  Benjamin  again,  17(50;  Judith,  1762;  Susanna,  1763,  and  died; 
and  John,  1766.  The  Salem  Gazette,  July  1797,  says, "Died  at  Glouces- 
ter that  worthy  servant  of  God  and  the  church  Deacon  Nathaniel  Kins- 
man, after  a  short  but  painful  illness,  in  the  83d  year  of  his  age.''  Mrs. 
Kinsman  died  in  advanced  years  very  suddenly.  Her  husband  left  her 
to  go  into  his  yard,  and  upon  his  return  found  her  lying  dead  upon  the 
floor.  Nathaniel,  the  eldest  son,  married  Abigail  Eveleth,  May  17, 
1770,  and  died  in  January,  1824,  aged  seventy-eight. 

1742. — The  following  is  the  letter  of  Rev.  John  White,  giving  an 
account  of  the  great  revival  of  religion  in  his  parish  this  year,  mentioned 
in  the  History,  228.  It  ^vas  addressed  to  Rev.  Mr.  Prince  of  Boston, 
and  was  published  in  a  weekly  periodical  conducted  by  him,  called 
The  Christian  History,  giving  an  account  of  the  propagation  and  re- 
vival of  religion  in  Great  Britain,  America,  etc. 

Glocester,  March,  1744. 
Reverend  Sir : 

Being  moved  to  give  some  account  of  the  work  of  God  among  us,  take  it  as  follows. 

Glocester  (formerly  called  Cape  Ann)  was  small  in  its  beginning,  yet  of  late  has 
greatly  increased.  When  I  the  subscriber  was  settled  in  the  ministry  here,  more  than 
lorty-one  years  ago,  there  was  but  one  congregation  ;  and  about  three  score  ami  eight 
members,  and  of  these  twenty-one  males.  And  the  materials  of  three  churches  have 
heen  dismissed  from  us,  in  order  to  be  incorporated  and  settled  in  gospel  order.  To 
the  last  which  is  now  the  fourth  church  in  this  town,  were  dismissed  from  us  upwards 
<>l  four  score  males  and  females.  And  there  now  remain  about  four  score  males  and  an 
hundred  and  eighty  females. 

I  have  not  ordinarily  fished  for  souls  with  a  net,  but  with  an  angling  rod.  God  the 
Holy  Spirit  has  been  pleased  in  a  more  gentle  a-nd  undiscernable  way  to  work  faith  in 
•  he  hearts  of  our  people,  and  they  came  in  one  after  another,  not  in  troops,  or  clusters ; 
except  at  two  seasons,  one  after  the  earthquake,  and  about  two  years  ago.  Our  people. 
by  the  earthquake  were  (as  their  neighbors)  greatly  affrighted;  especially  the  more 
rude,  ignorant  and  wicked  among  us.  But  about  a  month  after  the  last  shocks,  when 
,l"'11,  terrifying  frights  were  over,  it  pleased  God,  by  his  spirit  to  work  kindly  in  a  way 
ol  coiiviction,  ami  I  trust  of  conversion.  And  there  was  a  great  harvest  of  souls  gath- 
"■<1  m  to  Christ  in  a  way  of  open  profession,  and  if  we  may  judge  by  their  after  con- 


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versation,  most  of  them  were  sincere;  which  brought  to  mind  what  is  written  in  1 
Kings  xix  :  11,  12.  And  he  said  go  forth  ami  stand  upon  the  mount  before  the  Lord  ; 
and  behold  the  Lord  passed  by,  and  a  great  strong  wind  rent  the  mountains,  but  the 
Lord  was  not  in  the  wind ;  and  alter  the  wind,  an  earthquake;  but  the  Lord  was  not  in 
the  earthquake.  And  after  the  earthquake  a  tire ;  but  the  Lord  was  not  in  the  fire. 
And  after  the  tire,  a  still,  small  voice.  And  this  voice,  this  still  small  voice  was  heard 
by  many,  and  the  powerful  voice  of  the  Holy  Ghost  was  effectual  for  the  saving  con- 
version of  scores  of  souis,  according  to  the  judgment  of  rational  charity. 

Upon  what  I  heard  of  God's  marvellous  works  of  grace  at  Northampton,  and  especial- 
ly upon  reading  the  surprising  and  affecting  account  thereof  drawn  up  by  their  rever- 
ened  pastor,  I  had  at  times,  sincere,  fervent  and  sensible  desires  that  the  God  of  all 
grace  would  visit  us  with  the  like  plentiful  effusions  of  his  holy,  promised  spirit.  And 
was  wont  in  public  addresses  to  the  prayer-hearing  God,  to  ask  the  gift  of  gifts,  the 
Holy  Spirit.  Knowing  that  application  work  in  the  conviction  and  conversion  of  sin- 
ners would  be  carried  on  among  a  gospelized  people,  more  or  less  as  the  spirit  from  on 
high  should  be  in  lesser  or  greater  degrees  poured  down  upon  them.  And  I  looked 
upon  it  as  a  further  ground  of  encouragement  to  wait  upon  God,  that  he  had  so  re- 
markably added  to  the  promises  under  the  old  and  new  testament,  his  performance,  as 
in  Hampshire  County.  And  at  length  I  moved  the  church  to  set  apart  a  day  of  fasting 
and  prayer,  to  wait  upon  God  for  this  blessing;  viz.  that  the  dews  and  showers  of  the 
Holy  Ghost  might  fall  upon  us.  And  God  did  speedily  and  plentifully  answer  our 
prayers.  Of  this  wonderful  work  of  God  I  have  given  the  public  an  account  in  an 
epistle  prefixed  to  a  sermon  preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Benj.  Bradstreet  on  this  joyful 
occasion,  to  which  I  refer  the  reader."  This  epistle  is  inserted  by  the  editor  of  the 
Christian  History  and  is  as  follows  : 

"There  have  been  unhappy  controversies  carried  on  with  too  much  of  heat  relating 
to  the  good  work  in  this  and  the  neighboring  Provinces  and  Colonies.  Some  ascrib- 
ing the  whole  to  the  Devil.  But  how  can  we  account  for  the  reconciliation  of  persons 
for  a  long  time  at  enmity,  the  reformation  of  profligate  wretches,  their  deep  humilia- 
tion, their  illumination  and  sound  conversion  as  the  effect  of  Satan's  operations?  Sure- 
ly 'tis  a  new  work  for  Satan  to  wound  and  heal  the  conscience,  to  fill  the  souls  of  men 
with  love  to  God  and  Christ;  and  their  mouths  with  praises  to  their  faithful  Creator 
and  dear  Redeemer;  and  bring  them  to  take  inexpressible  delight  in  the  ways  of  God. 
Others  on  the  contrary  ascribing  all  the  work  done  among  us  to  God.  Some  of  which 
are  so  new,  strange,  violent,  that  'tis  hard  to  conceive  they  are  the  effect  of  the  Holy 
Spirit's  operations.  I  think  we  may  allow  some  of  them  to  be  the  natural  effects  of  human 
frailty.  And  if  some  be  allowed  to  be  the  effects  of  an  enraged  devil,  I  think  it  no  un- 
reasonable concession.  We  in  the  first  parish  in  Gloucester  were  so  desirous  of  this 
work,  as  to  keep  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer;  to  ask  of  God  the  blessing  of  blessings, 
the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost;  and  invited  the  rest  of  the  pastors  of  the  town  with  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Nathaniel  Rogers  to  assist  in  the  work  of  the  day.  And  it  was  not  long  after 
that  we  found  the  good  effects  of  waiting  upon  God.  Can  any  think  it  possible  that 
when  we  go  to  our  Heavenly  Father  and  ask  a  fish  that  he  will  give  a  serpent?  'Tis 
strange,  if  immediately  upon  our  asking  the  saving  impressions  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
God  should  take  that  opportunity  to  send,  or  permit  the  devil  to  come  among  us  with 
his  undoing  delusions.  But  the  first  most  visible  and  powerful  effusion  of  the  spirit 
was  on  the  last  Sabbath  in  January,  1742,  and  especially  as  I  was  preaching  in  the 
afternoon  and  on  the  evening  in  two  religious  societies  in  the  harbor;  many  were  im- 
pressed both  with  distress  and  with  joy,  above  measure.  And  on  Monday  morning  in 
the  school  of  Mr.  Moses  Parsons,  a  man  disposed  zealously  to  serve  the  best  interests 
of  all  he  has  to  do  with,  and  being  hired  by  a  number  of  gentlemen  to  train  up  their 


12(5  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

children  in  religious  exercises  and  in  singing  as  well  as  other  useful  knowledge;  the 
spirit  of  God  came  so  powerfully  upon  the  school  so  that  they  could  not  attend  the  ordi- 
nary school  exercises.  But  with  their  joyful  master  (with  whom  I  left  the  care  of  my 
flock  while  I  went  a  journey,  which  I  was  necessitated  to  take)  and  a  multitude  of 
spectators  they  prayed  to  and  praised  God  by  singing  spiritual  hymns.  Ami  in  the 
evening  Mr.  Parsons  preached  a  lecture  in  the  meeting-house;  and  in  the  close  of  the 
exercise  the  spirit  fell  upon  a  great  part  of  the  congregation  to  the  amazement  of  many  ; 
and  people  had  such  an  appetite  to  the  word  preached,  that  Mr.  Parsons  called  in  the 
help  of  the  other  ministers  of  the  town ;  and  on  Tuesday  evening  the  Rev.  Mr.  Jacques 
(a  faithful  and  successful  preacher)  preached;  and  on  Wednesday  evening  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Bradstreet  preached  the  sermon  now  put  into  your  hands.  Several  of  tin;  hearers 
desired  a  copy  of  it  for  the  press.  And  several  evening  sermons  were  preached  after 
this.  And  the  good  fruits  of  the  visit  are  very  apparent,  no  less  than  twenty-one  had 
their  experiences  read  the  last  Sabbath  day." 

Now  I  shall  proceed  to  relate  as  briefly  as  I  can  the  effects.     As  they  were  all  amazed 
saying  in   their  hearts  and  one  to  another  what  meaneth  thee?     My  eyes  never  saw 
such  transactions;  my  ears  never  heard  such  expressions;  and  then  it  was  when  the 
Holy  Spirit  was  poured  down,  Acts  xi :  2.     And  suddenly  there  came  a  sound  from 
heaven  as  of  a  rushing  wind,  and  it  filled  the  house  where  they  were  sitting.    And  thus 
it  was  with  us.     But  the  impression  was  at  first  principally  on  the  one  side  of  the  meet- 
ing-house.    And  there  was  passed  down  a  spirit  of  prayer  upon  young  and  old,  espec- 
ially   the    younger    sort.      And    children  of  five,   six  and  seven  years  and  upwards 
would  pray  to  admiration.     And  in  our  parish  there  has  since  been  formed  no  less  than 
nine  distinct  societies  of  young  and  old,  male  and  female,  bond  and  free  (for  one  there 
is  a  society  of  negroes  who  in  their  meetings  behave  very  seriously  and  decently.   They 
have  been  greatly  impressed.     One  of  them  gave  a  very  satisfying  account  of  his  ex- 
periences, and  was  taken  into  church  fellowship;  most  of  them  entered  into  covenant, 
and  were  baptized  themselves  and  also  their  issue)  who  meet  several  of  them  twice  in 
a  week,  to  pray  and  sing,  as  well  as  to  read  hooks  of  piety,  and  the  rest  once  a  week. 
And  the  younger  say  their  catechism  to  the  head  of  the  meetings.     And  several  ser- 
mons have  been  preached  unto  them.    But  another  effect  is  a  spirit  of  grace.    The  work 
of  conscience  has  been  carried  on  in  uncommon   manner.     But  as  to  the  degree  and 
duration  of  terrors  there  has  been  a  vast  variety.     Some  have   been  impressed   with 
deep  terrors,  and  have  continued  for  several  months  under  them.     They  have  been 
greatly  distressed  and  near  to  distraction.     They  have  had  such  discoveries  of  the 
greatness  of  their  guilt,  and  of  God's  anger,  of  the  badness  of  their  hearts,  as  to  make 
them  cry  out.     They  have  had  discoveries  of  their  ignorance  and  unbelief,  of  their  hard- 
ness of  heart  and  enmity  against  God.     They  have  seen  not  only  an  utter  inability  to 
believe,  but  an  aversion  to  believe     And  when  it  was  God's  time  to  heal  them  and  com- 
fort their  wounded  hearts  and  spirits,  their  joys  rose  proportionately  to  their  depres- 
sion, and  their  lifting  up  was  in   proportion  to  their  dejection.     And  many  a  time  have 
they  been  so  full  of  spiritual  joys  as  to  sink  and  faint  under  the  weight  of  them.    Others 
have    been  but  a  short   time  under  a  law  work,  and   then  there  have  succeeded  joys, 
under  the  sense  that  their  sins  are  pardoned.      But  of  this  sort  their  religious  impres- 
sions, I   fear,  have  too  soon  worn  off.      And  many   moved  towards   church   fellowship 
and  joined  to  the  church.     But  some  are  sadly  apostatized  and  are  become  as  vile,  yea, 
more  vile,  than  before.     We  find  that  strong  but,  short  terrors,  succeeded  with  ravish- 
ing joys,  are  no  certain   evidence  of  saving  conversion.     There  has  been  an  apparent 
reformation.     Discussions,  though  lawful  and  innocent,  have  been  almost  wholly  laid 
aside,  ami  the  singing  of  Dr.  Watts'  hymns  is   the  chief  recreation  of  Christians  when 
they  converse.     There  are  no  separations  among  us.     Little  has  been  said   about    new 


KAKLY    RECORD'S.  12  7 

lights  (which  I  look  upon  :is  a  term  of  reproach,  as  of  old  the  term  puritan  was)  and 
as  little  about  opposers;  tlie  mentioning  of  which  is  irritating,  and  tends  to  widen  the 
breach,  and  ferment  divisions,  contentions  and  separations.  As  to  visions  we  had 
enough  of  them,  until  such  time  as  in  a  lecture  sermon  I  declared  ray  sentiments  con- 
cerning them;  and  so  far  as  I  can  understand,  there  has  never  been  one  since.  Our 
congregation  has  been  disturbed  and  interrupted  by  outcries,  but  I  labored  to  suppress 
them.  I  would  add,  that  as  I  believe  there  have  been  scores  savingly  wrought  upon, 
who  were  strangers  before  that  happy  day,  so  much  as  to  the  form  of  godliness,  so  some 
professors  who  rested  in  the  form,  and  were  but  legalists  or  self  righteous  have  seen 
that  they  built  upon  a  sandy  foundation,  and  were  greatly  distressed  under  conviction; 
and  by  an  earnest  application  unto  Christ  for  wisdom  and  righteousness,  have  had  a 
further  discovery  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  have  been  encouraged  to  venture  upon  him  for 
the  complete  salvation  of  their  souls;  and  have  had  their  hearts  rilled  with  joy  in  be- 
lieving. So,  also,  there  have  been  scores  of  persons  who  had  truly  closed  with  Christ 
in  times  past;  but  have  walked  in  darkness,  by  means  of  the  withdrawal  of  the  spirit, 
the  weaknesses  of  their  graces,  and  prevailing  of  their  corruptions,  and  have  been  for 
a  long  time  past  as  in  a  wilderness.  These  have  been  anointed  as  with  fresh  oil;  their 
hearts  have  been  made  glad,  enlarged,  quickened  and  comforted  by  renewed  and  con- 
tinued supplies  of  grace,  have  been  enabled  with  enlarged  hearts  to  run  the  ways  of 
God's  commandment.  One  thing  more  I  see  cause  to  add  :  that  altho'  properly  speaking, 
we  have  had  but  one  itinerant  preacher  with  us,  yet  several  eminently  able  and  zealous 
servants  of  the  Lord,  settled  ministers,  have  occasionally  preached  to  our  congrega- 
tions; and  have  been  greatly  assisted  in  promoting  the  good  work.  God  has  blessed 
their  labours  among  us.  And  it  is  my  hearty  desire  that  the  kingdom  and  interest  of 
our  Lord  may  be  promoted,  and  converts  multiplied  altho'  by  other  hands.  Thus  I 
have  made  an  impartial  relation  of  what  God  has  done  amongst  us  in  the  methods  of 
his  grace.  And  to  him  be  the  glory,  who  is  the  author  of  grace,  and  not  to  the  instru- 
ments. Suppose  a  Paul  may  plant  &  an  Apollo  water,  yet  'tis  God  that  gives  the  in- 
crease. To  him,  therefore,  be  glory  in  the  church  by  Christ  Jesus  throughout  all  ages, 
world  without  end.     Amen. 

Your  most  obliged  humble  servant. 

John  White. 

1743.— John  Dane  {Hist.  324).  The  children  of  this  settler  were  : 
John,  William,  Daniel,  Joseph,  Abigail,  Return,  Lydia  and  Joshua. 
Abigail  Dane,  his  widow,  died  Aug.  24,  1804, aged  seventy-nine.  John, 
the  oldest  son,  died  a  bachelor,  March  14,  1814,  aged  seventy.  Wil- 
liam married,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Col.  Peter  Coffin.     She  died  Oct.  4, 

1836,  aged  eighty-two,  leaving  no  children.  Joshua  married  Sarah . 

She  died  Dec.  4,  1857.  Lydia  married  Thomas  Mason,  and  died  May 
27,  1791,  aged  thirty-two. 

John  Inghalls  and  Hannah  Marshall  were  married  April  18,  and  had 
Joseph  born  in  1744;  John,  1746;  Hannah,  1748;  Ruth,  1751  ;  Sarah, 
1753;  and  Nathaniel,  Oct.  4,  1755. 

1744,  May. — Mr.  Thomas  Allen  had  leave  "to  remove  the  old  school 
house  to  any  place  adjoining  his  own  land  (as  it  now  doth)  between  the 
place  where  said  school  house  now  stands  and  within  twenty  feet  of  the 
end  of  the  lane  that  goeth  from  the  Meeting  House  Green  to  his   own 


12<S  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

house."  In  May,  1746,  several  persons  in  the  Fourth  parish  had  liber- 
ty to  fit  uj)  this  old  school  house  and  improve  it  for  a  school ;  but  it  is 
very  doubtful  if  it  was  ever  again  so  improved,  for,  in  March,  1749, 
in  answer  to  the  prayer  of  Jemima  Millet,  it  was  given  to  her,  with  the 
condition  that  it  should  be  removed  from  the  Meeting  House  Green. 
The  History  (page  233)  gives  its  dimensions  and  cost;  showing  that 
it  was  not  an  imposing  structure,  even  in  the  days  of  small  things. 

Ebenezer  Cleaves  (Hist.  324)  from  Beverly,  and  wife  Anna,  had 
Ebenezer,  born  in  1747  ;  Anne,  1748  ;  Edmund,  1750  ;  Nathaniel,  1752  ; 
Willard,  1757  ;  Mary,  1759  ;  Samuel,  L761  ;  and  Abraham,  1763. 

John  Botten,  of  Wenham,  married  Mary  Andrews  Oct.  2,  and  had  a 
daughter  Mary,  born  Feb.  15,  1745. 

rlames  Milieus  and  Hannah  Glover  were  married  July  9,  1744,  and 
had  Susanna,  born  in  1745;  and  James,  1747. 

Samuel  Morgan  and  wife  Lydia  had  John,  born  April  25,  1744;  and 
the  following  children  baptized  at  the  Second  Church  :  Jerusha,  Nath- 
aniel, William,  Joel,  Betty,  Isaac,  Hannah,  Nathaniel   and   Mary. 

William  White  and  Rachel  Omee  were  married  Nov.  22,  and  had 
Mary,  born  in  1745-;  and  Rachel,  1747  ;  both  of  whom  were  baptized 
at  the  Third  Church. 

Thomas  Edes  and  Lucretia  Day  were  intending  marriage  Oct.  13. 
According  to  the  records,  they  had  Thomas,  born  in  1746  ;  Joseph, 
1747  ;  James,  1749  ;  Gideon  Day,  1752  ;  and  Benjamin,  1754.  Tradi- 
tion relates  that  one  of  this  family,  probably  the  son  Thomas,  served 
eight  years  in  the  revolutionary  war,  came  home  after  he  was  discharged, 
and  was  drowned  in  the  same  year,  leaving  a  widow  who  lived  to  the 
age  of  ninety-three.  The  son  Joseph  settled  in  Freeport,  Me.,  about 
1779,  and  is  said  to  have  been  lost  at  sea  in  1807.  Gideon  also  settled 
in  Freeport  whence  several  of  his  descendants  removed  to  Guilpool. 
Benjamin,  youngest  son  of  Thomas  Edes,  was  lost  at  sea,  on  a  voyage 
to  the  Banks  in  1774. 

1745,  July  24. — Nathan  Millet,  one  of  Capt.  Byles'  company  at  the 
siege  of  Louisburg,  died  in  the  morning  and  was  buried  in  the  evening. 

Robert  Honnors  and  wife  Naomi  had  son  Robert  baptized  this  year, 
and  daughter  Mary,  March  18,  1753.  Capt.  Robert  Honnors  died  in 
1763.     His  son  Robert  married  Martha  Gilbert,  April  11,  1769. 

Thomas,  son  of  Rev.  Richard  Jaques,  and  Sarah  Haskell  were  mar- 
ried April  it,  and  had  Judith,  born  in  1746  ;  Mary,  1751  ;  Richard,  1761  ; 
Theopolus,  1764;  and  Sarah  April  1,  1766. 

Richard  Palfray  of  Boston  and  Sarah,    daughter  of  Capt.   Andrew 


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Robinson  were  married  Oct.  17,  1745,  and  had  Sarah,  born  in  Boston; 
Richard,  baptized  in  Gloucester,  Jan.  22,  1749  ;  Susanna,  born  July  18, 
1753  ;  and  Abigail,  baptized  Oct.  26,  1755.  He  was  a  sail  maker,  and 
was  buried  July  7,  1757.      His  widow  married  William  Elliot. 

John  Whiting  of  Haverhill  and  Rebecca  Gardner  were  married  Jan. 
26,  1745,  and  he  was  married  to  widow  Sarah  Row,  Nov.  16,  1752. 
His  children  were  Rebecca  ;  John,  baptized  in  1753  ;  Sarah,  born  in 
1754,  Joseph,  1756  ;  John  again,  baptized  in  1758  ;  and  Sanders,  1761. 

1746. — Sept.  22,  Companies  are  raised  in  all  the  towns  and  marched 
to  Boston  for  fear  of  an  invasion  by  a  French  fleet.  Salem,  Marble- 
head  and  Cape  Ann  are  in  great  distress,  sending  away  their  effects. 

June  20.  A  petition  of  the  Selectmen  was  presented  to  the  General 
Court  showing  that  the  battery  raised  for  the  defence  of  the  harbor  is 
not  complete  and  that  ammunition  as  well  as  a  parapet  for  four  great 
guns  and  pallisades  to  enclose  the  said  battery  are  wanting.  They  pray 
this  court  to  give  order  that  the  fortifications  be  made  useful.  The 
General  Court  refused  to  make  a  grant  in  answer  to  the  petition  or  to 
send  a  committee  to  view  the  works. 

Thomas  Worley,  from  North  Carolina,  and  Mary  Foster  were  mar- 
ried Jan.  14,  and  had  Thomas,  born  in  1748;  Joshua,  1751;  Joseph, 
1752;  Josiah,  1754;  Mary,  1756;  Esther,  1758;  James,  1761;  and 
John,  1765.  It  is  said  that  three  ot  these  sons,  Joseph,  Josiah,  and 
James  were  lost  at  sea  in  the  "Gloucester"  privateer,  in  the  revolution- 
ary war. 

Zaccheus  Welcome,  peruke  maker,  appears  this  year  with  wife  Alice, 
and  is  on  the  record  as  intending  marriage  with  Susanna  Mannaken  of 
Newburg,  July  14,  1760.  His  children  were  Michael,  born  in  1746  ; 
Zaccheus,  1749  ;  Stephen,  1754,  lost  at  sea  on  a  fishing  voyage  in  1774  ; 
Alice,  1759  ;  and  Sarah,  1771.  The  son  Zaccheus  married  Agnes  Penny, 
Oct.  22,  1772. 

John  Hale  (Hist.  324)  had  the  following  children  :  Samuel  born  in 
1746  ;  John,  1748  ;  Benjamin,  1750 ;  Ebenezer,  1752  ;  Jane,  1754  ;  and 
Hannah,  1757.  The  name  was  perpetuated  in  Gloucester  by  Benjamin 
only.  He  married  Martha  Woodbury  in  1772,  who  died  in  1777  ;  and 
he  next  married  Lucy  Tarr,  Jan.  13,  1778,  who  died  about  1822.  He 
died  May  15,  1806,  aged  56.  His  son  Benjamin  was  the  founder  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Gloucester.  See  Hist.  508.  He  married 
about  1804,  Miss  Judith  White,  with  whom  he  became  acquainted  on  a 
voyage  to  Sligo,  Ireland.  She  survived  her  husband  many  years,  and 
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130  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

died  in  Charlestown  in  May,  1853,  aged  about  72,  leaving  several  chil- 
dren. 

1747. — June.  A  sloop  belonging  to  Cape  Ann,  Mark  Parsons,  mas- 
ter, bound  from  thence  to  Maryland  was  taken  about  a  fortnight  ago, 
near  the  Cape,  in  five  fathoms  of  water,  by  an  armed  boat,  full-manned, 
which  came  from  a  large  ship,  supposed  to  be  the  Don  Pedro,  then  on 
a  cruise.  Upon  the  boats  coming  towards  the  sloop,  the  master  and 
men  quitted  her  and  got  ashore  in  the  boat. 

Stephen  Greenleaf,  of  Newbury,  and  Mary  Davis  were  married 
Jan.  24,  and  have  on  our  records,  Stephen,  born  June  1,  1750;  Thom- 
asine,  Oct.  30, 1752  ;  Elias  Davis,  Jan.  13,  1754  ;  and  Ephraim  Mower, 
March  26,  1755. 

Richard  Holland    and  Sarah  Cunningham   were    married    Dec.    11, 

1747,  and  had  Michael  born  in  1748;  Lydia,  1750;  Richard,  1752; 
Sarah,  1754;  Mary,  1756,  died  1757;  Mary,  1758;  and  Elizabeth, 
1760.     Perhaps  he  had  for  second  wife  Abigail  Gould  of  Ipswich. 

James  Phips  and  widow  Abigail  Goodwin  were  married  in  Novem- 
ber, and  had  Mary,  born  in  1749  ;  Sarah,  1751  ;  and  Rebecca,  1754. 

1748. — John  Powel,  of  Boston,  and  Martha  Winslow  intended  mar- 
riage June  11,  1748,  and  had  daughter  Sarah  born  Dec.  25,  same 
year. 

Joseph  Clough  married  Susanna  Tarbox  Feb.  4, 1748  ;  Abigail  Stacy 
Sept.  4,  1760;  and  Martha  Honnors  Dec.  31,  1761.  By  his  three 
wives  he  had  the  following  children  :  Susanna,  born  in  1748,  died  soon  ; 
Susanna,  again,  1751  ;  Anna,  baptized  in  1753  ;  Mary,  1755  ;  Abigail, 
1759;  Joseph,  1761;  William,  1764;  and  Benjamin  and  John,  twins, 
1766. 

Dr.  Caleb  Rea  and  widow  Abigail  Sargent  were  married  Nov.   14, 

1748,  and  had  a  daughter  Abigail,  born  Aug.  23,  1749,  and  the  mother 
died  Sept.  2,  following.  He  next  married  Ruth  Porter  of  Wenham, 
and  had  Rutby,  born  April  9,  1752;  Pierce  Rogers,  April  24,  1754; 
and  Mary,  May  6,  1756.  Aaron  Rea  died  May  25,  1756,  aged  about 
sixteen  years,  and  Dr.  Rea  and  his  wife  Ruth  were  dismissed  from  the 
First  Church  to  the  church  in  Danvers,  Aug.  14,  1757. 

Joseph  Everdean  (Hist.  p.  325)  and  Anna  Broome  were  married 
July  12,  1748.  His  children  were  Anna,  born  in  1749  ;  Joseph,  1750  ; 
Hannah,  baptized  1753;  William,  baptized  1755;  James,  baptized 
1758  ;  James,  again,  1760,  and  Hannah,  again,  baptized  1764. 

April  5.     Moses  Ring  shows  that  on  the  12th  May,  1746,  he  split 


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his  gun  ill  an  engagement  with  the  Indian  enemy  under  Capt.  Thomas 
Henderson,  at  Pleasant  Point,  in  St.  George's  River,  and  prays  the 
General  Court  for  an  allowance.  Ordered  that  a  good  Firelock  be 
delivered  to  him  out  of  the  Province  store. 

1749. — Thomas  Rand  and  Sarah,  his  wife,  had  a  son  Thomas,  born  in 
Charleston,  March  23,  1747  ;  Sarah,  born  in  Gloucester,  Nov.  11,  1749  ; 
Hannah,  in  1751;  William,  1753;  and  Henry,  baptized  May  9,  1756. 
Thomas  Rand  died  Aug.  31,  17(32,  and  a  Sarah  Rand  died  in  1763. 
Thomas  Rand,  jr.,  married  Judith  Row,  May  24,  1770,  and  died  Jan. 
12,  1806,  leaving  children,  one  of  whom,  Mary,  died  unmarried  Nov. 
11,  1867,  nearly  ninety-three  years. 

Paul  Hughes,  sojourner,  and  Sarah  Foster  were  married  Nov.  30, 
and  had  James,  1754. 

John  Noble  and  Hannah  Foster  were  intendiag  marriage  Nov.  25. 
They  had  Benjamin,  born  Dec.  6,  1750,  and  John,  July  30,  1752  ;  both 
of  whom  married  in  town  and  perpetuated  the  name. 

James  Paterson  and  Abigail  Cradock  were  married  Dec.  26,  and  had 
Abigail,  born  in  1752;  James,  baptized  in  1753;  Mary,  1754;  and 
William,  May  30,  1756. 

Henry  Newcomb  and  Mary  Coas  were  married  Nov.  14,  and  had 
Mary  born  in  1750;  John,  1752;  Elizabeth,  1754;  Robert,  1757; 
William,  1759  ;  Joanna,  1762  ;  and  Anna,  1764,  in  which  year,  in  June, 
the  father  died  of  consumption.  His  widow  died  Dec.  16,  1817,  aged 
eighty-seven.  The  daughter  Elizabeth  married,  first,  Samuel  Elwell, 
and  next  William  Hardy. 

1750. — June  9.  A  petition  of  Jethro  Wheeler,  of  Gloucester,  to  the 
General  Court,  showing  that  his  sloop  in  the  month  of  February,  1744, 
was  impressed  by  the  Committee  of  War  into  the  service  of  the  Prov- 
ince ;  that  he  advanced  sundry  sums  of  money  for  fitting  her  out  and 
has  had  no  allowance  for  said  sums,  he  prays  the  consideration  of  the 
Court  thereon.     Referred  to  the  next  session. 

Edward  Gearing  and  Mary  Dimmock  were  married  June  22,  1750, 
and  had  the  following  children  baptized  at  the  First  Church  :  Edward 
in  1751;  Mary,  1752;  Jabez,  1755;  Mercy,  1756;  Joseph,  1758; 
Daniel,  1761  ;  and  Jabez,  1765.  The  son  Edward  married  Molly  Rowe, 
April  14,  1771,  and  died  in  February,  1806.  His  widow  died  in  April, 
1836,  aged  eighty-six. 

William  Younger,  sojourner,  and  Lucy  Foster  were  married  March 
6,  1750,  and  William  born  in  1750;  Thomasine,  1753;  and  Willard 
and  Levi,  in  1756. 


132  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

James  Bishop,  of  Ipswich,  and  Sarah  Millet  were  married  Dec.  13, 
1750,  and  had  Sarah  born  in  1753  and  James,  1756. 

William  Newman  and  Anna  Steward  were  married  Nov.  29,  and  had 
William,  born  in  1751  ;  Elizabeth,  1753  ;  Robert,  1755  ;  and  Deborah, 
1757. 

John  Oakes  and  wife  Jemima  came  from  Marblehead  and  settled  in 
the  Harbor  parish.  He  had  a  son  John,  born  Jan.  11,1759;  and  a 
son  William,  April  6,  1769  ;  and  died  Dec.   4,  1815,  aged  eighty. 

William  Manning,  sojourner,  and  Elizabeth  Stone  were  married  Aug. 
24,  and  had  a  daughter  Betty,  born  Aug.  22,  1751  ;  and  a  son  William, 
Aug.  11,  1754. 

Samuel  Leighton  and  Patience  Grover  were  married  Jan.  9,  and  had 
Patience,  born  in  1751  ;  Edmund  Grover,  L752  ;  Patience,  1754  ;  Sam- 
uel, 1755;  Judith,  1757;  William,  1760;  William,  1762;  Daniel, 
1764;  and  Patience,  1766.  Edmund  Grover  Leighton  made  his  will 
in  Philadelphia,  July,  1791,  and  his  widow  Abigail  sold,  Aug.  11,  1796, 
real  estate  in  Gloucester  bequeathed  to  her  by  her  husband. 

1751. — Of  a  Province  Tax  of  £1000,  the  county  of  Essex  pays 
£187.15.2.  The  Town  of  Newbury  pays  £28.16.7  ;  Salem,  £26.5.2  ; 
Ipswich,  £22.9.7;  Marblehead,  £17.3.3;  Gloucester,  £13.1.7. 

1752. — June  18.  Jonathan  Coates  of  Newbury  and  Sarah  Becket 
were  married.  He  seems  to  have  become  a  resident  of  Gloucester  and 
certainly  had  several  children  baptized  at  the  First  Church,  one  of  whom, 
Sarah,  baptized  July  17,  1757,  was  probably  the  subject  of  the  follow- 
ing notice  copied  into  the  Gloucester  Neivs  of  July  3,  1850,  from  the 
Boston  Post  —  "100  years,  11  months,  and  17  days  was  the  age  of  Mrs. 
Sarah  Welch,  who  died  in  this  city  on  Thursday  at  107  Pleasant  street. 
Her  maiden  name  was  Coates  and  she  was  born  in  Gloucester."  She 
was  not  a  centenarian.  Her  age  was  probably  exaggerated  three  years 
at  least  and  possibly  seven. 

Aug.  24.  Capt.  John  Prince  was  paid  £2  for  attending  at  the  gate 
near  the  Cut,  in  order  to  prevent  the  small-pox  from  spreading  in  the 
town.  Daniel  Sargent  was  paid  for  attending  at  the  Battery  for  the 
same  purpose.  In  the  next  year  Deacon  Isaac  Parsons  was  paid  for 
putting  up  a  fence  and  gate  at  the  Cut  to  keep  out  the  small-pox. 

1754. — Feb.  27.  Samuel  Ingersol  was  buried;  probably  son  of  the 
Hist  Samuel  and  upwards  of  seventy.  Capt.  William  Ingersol,  of  this 
family,  died  of  fever  at  sea,  in  1763.  He  was  probably  son  of  Josiah, 
born  in  1719,  and  the  same  who  married  Anne  Ellery,  Nov.  23,  1749. 
Solomon  Ingersol,  wrho,  I  must  think,  was  also  son  of  the  first  Samuel, 


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died  of  apoplexy  Feb.   19,   1777,  aged  seventy-eight.     Mrs.   Bethial, 
wife  of  Josiah  Ingersol,  died  Feb.  3,  1778,  in  her  fifty-third  year. 

Dec.  16.  Constantine  Joslyn  was  buried.  His  age  was  about  sixty- 
three.  His  widow  Agnes  was  one  of  the  town's  poor  in  1775,  then,  of 
course,  very  aged.  Their  son  Henry,  born  Sept.  26,  1731,  married 
Rebecca  Davis,  April  29,  1751,  and  had  a  daughter  Rebecca,  but  no 
other  child  known  to  me.  Dec.  13,  1769,  in  a  deed  not  recorded,  he  sold 
to  the  town  for  £70  his  "  dwelling-house  standing  at  Fresh  Water  Cove." 
He  was  then  sick  and  had  received  supplies  from  the  town  which  paid 
in  1772  for  digging  his  grave.  An  Abraham  Joslyn  died  at  the  work- 
house June  23,  1838,  aged  ninety.      (See  History, page  109). 

1755. — January  11.  James  Day  is  licensed  by  the  Court  of  Ipswich 
as  a  retailer  of  spirituous  liquors,  tea,  coffee,  &c. 

January  13.  Died  John  Gardner,  probably  son  of  the  first  James, 
and,  if  so,  about  seventy-seven  years  old. 

September.  Several  fishing  vessels  returned  to  Cape  Ann,  having 
been  fired  upon  by  a  privateer,  but  as  she  was  a  dull  sailer  they  escaped. 

October.  "Very  hard  thunder ;  struck  Josiah  G rover's  house  and  a 
boy,  and  struck  'Squam  meeting-house,  and  struck  and  split  a  vessel's 
mast  as  she  lay  in  the  cove  near  Capt.  Robinson's  wharf." — Private 
Records. 

November.  "Half-past  four  in  the  morning  was  the  most  shocking 
earthquake  as  ever  I  knew.  It  shattered  a  great  many  chimneys  in  this 
town  and  in  other  towns." — Private  Records. 

Nov.  22.  "Between  8  and  9  o'clock  at  nite  was  a  very  great  shock, 
but  not  so  great  as  the  former,  and  many  shocks  have  been  heard  sev- 
eral times." — Private  Records. 

Daniel  Fuller,  master  of  Capt.  Bennet's  schooner,  set  out  for  a  fall 
fare  and  returned  no  more.  Isaac  Somes,  Benj.  Hadlock,  Daniel  Ring 
and  John  Rutford  were  on  board  of  her.    These  all  lived  in  West  Parish. 

1756. — January  7.  Wives  of  deacons  of  the  Fifth  Church  are  ex- 
empted from  contributions  for  supporting  charges  for  communion  table. 

September  12.  Widow  Poland  had  a  son  Joseph  baptized  at  the 
Fourth  Church.  The  father  Joshua,  was  drowned,  having  had  before 
this  date,  two  other  sons,  Joshua  and  John. 

1757. — Capt.  Elwell  arrived  at  Cape  Ann  in  fifteen  days  from  Bar- 
bad  oes. 

Neutral  French.  Feb.  21.  The  Selectmen  are  allowed  expenses  re- 
lating to  the  French  that  came  last  from  Nova  Scotia.     John  Low  what 


134  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

he  advanced  for  the  Neuter-French  that  came  last  from  Nova  Scotia  to 
this  town  by  order  of  the  government,  which  was  allowed  the  town  by 
the  province.  March  10,  1759,  Selectmen  received  a  note  from  the 
Province  Treasurer  for  £6  being  the  rent  of  the  French-Neuter  House 
in  this  town. 

June  25.  Moses  Ring,  of  Gloucester,  who  is  proprietor  of  a  grist 
mill  in  that  town,  much  frequented  by  people  of  the  neighboring  towns, 
who  oftentimes  stand  in  need  of  refreshment  while  there,  but  there  be- 
ing no  house  of  public  entertainment  near,  suffer  great  inconveniences 
for  want  thereof,  prays  that  the  Court  of  Sessions  may  license  him  as 
an  inn-holder.     Read  and  ordered  that  the  petition  be  not  granted. 

The  mill  here  mentioned  stood  on  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the  grist 
mill  in  Riverdale,  and  Ring's  house  is  still  standing  on  the  Main  road, 
a  short  distance  from  the  mill.  With  or  without  a  license  it  was  kept 
as  a  tavern  a  hundred  years  ago. 

1758. — March  16.  General  Court  resolves  that  there  be  paid  to 
Thomas  Riggs  £2.  6s.  8d.  in  full  of  the  half  pay  he  was  entitled  to,  on 
his  re-enlisting  in  the  service  in  the  last  Crown  Point  Expedition. 
April.  A  vessel  arrives  at  Cape  Ann  from  Lisbon. 
May  20.  Jacob  Bailey,  teacher  of  the  grammar  school,  writes  to  a 
friend  at  Hampton,  N.  H.  :  "My  school  continually  increases  and  I  have 
already  between  20  and  30  misses,  who  come  to  school  dressed  in  sacks 
and  ruffles.  They  make  a  very  pretty  appearance.  We  conclude  at 
evening  with  singing  one  of  Dr.  Watts'  hymns  or  else  his  Sapphic  Ode, 
and  the  house  being  built  in  such  a  maimer  nothing  can  equal  the  mel- 
ody, order  and  decency  which  attends  it." 

1759. — April  12.  Arrived  at  Cape  Ann,  the  schooner  Industry,  Jas. 
Babson,  master,  in  five  weeks  from  Lisbon. 

Aug.  18.  The  house  of  the  widow  Saunders  was  struck  by  light- 
ning and  received  considerable  damage.  Several  persons  that  were  in 
the  house  were  knocked  down  and  stunned  for  some  time,  but  all  of 
them  recovered. 

1760. — Peter  Emons  and  John  Brown  had  their  taxes  abated,  "having 
been  cast  away  and  taken."  James  Tyler  and  Abraham  Williams  also 
had  theirs  abated,  "having  been  cast  away." 

1761. — Jan.  13.  John  Walhlate  of  Gloucester  petitions  General 
Court,  setting  forth  that  in  the  year  1756  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  Pro- 
vince service  at  Lake  George,  went  out  on  a  scout  under  Capt.  Hodges 
with  about  fifty  men,  who  were  attacked  by  400  or  500  French  and  In- 


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dians.  He  was  taken  captive  and  was  detained  till  Montreal  was  taken. 
Allowed  £10  for  loss  of  time  and  sufferings. 

Feb.  12.  Ebenezer  Collins  is  paid  for  his  vessel  going  to  Boston  to 
carry  Samuel  Pool's  family.  Others  were  paid  for  services  about  Pool's 
family  on  account  of  small  pox. 

A  leaf  of  an  old  account  book  has  the  following :  "Memorandum  of 
the  drouth  in  the  year  1761  ;  we  had  a  great  rain  in  May  the  4th  day,  it 
held  from  Monday  morning  till  Saturday  and  we  had  no  more  of  any 
vally  at  all  till  August  the  23d  day  it  rained  a  great  deal." 

Sept.  18.  Hannah,  wife  of  John  Hadley,  jr.,  died,  about  70  years 
old.  A  John  Hadley,  her  grandson  probably,  died  June  11,  1809,  aged 
seventy.     A  Nabby  Hadley  died  Nov.  12,  1823,  aged  seventy. 

Samuel  Davis  died  this  year  in  prison,  "among  the  French." 

1762. — Feb.  15.  Mr.  David  Plummer  is  paid  18s.  8d.  for  6  pairs  of 
gloves  for  one  of  the  poor  of  the  town — (probably  for  the  bearers  at 
the  funeral). 

April.     Died,  Mrs.  Sarah  Riggs,  an  aged  woman. 

April  17.  John  Rowe  petitions  General  Court,  setting  forth  that 
his  son  Jabez  Rowe,  a  minor,  served  on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  Nep- 
tune in  the  expedition  against  Canada  in  1759,  and  on  his  return  home 
was  taken  sick,  that  he  was  a  great  expense  for  doctors  and  nurses,  and 
praying  an  allowance.  Ordered  that  the  sum  of  £o,  exclusive  of  the 
doctor's  bill,  be  paid  to  Thos.  Sanders,  Esq.,  for  the  use  of  the  petitioner 
in  full. 

May  10.     Died,  the  widow  Hilton,  aged   eighty  years. 

May  13.  Last  Thursday  night  a  small  schooner  belonging  to  Bev- 
erly, and  bound  to  Pownalborough,  having  a  number  of  passengers  on 
board,  in  a  squall  of  wind  was  cast  away  upon  a  ledge  of  rocks  off  Cape 
Ann,  when  the  master  and  five  men  were  drowned. 

1763. — March  21.  Capt.  Allen  in  a  schooner  from  Martinico  to  Cape 
Ann,  was  taken  a  short  time  after  he  left  that  place,  by  a  Spanish  pri- 
vateer, but  the  men  soon  after  rose  upon  the  Spaniards  and  carried  the 
vessel  into  St.  Kitts,  and  she  is  since  arrived  at  Cape  Ann. 

June  2.     A  vessel  arrived  at  Cape  Ann  fifty  days  from  Lisbon. 

1764. — Dec.  10.  The  overseers  admit  a  family  into  the  work  house. 
They  agree  to  supply  Mrs.  Anna  Elwell  some  wood,  molasses  and  corn 
to  support  her  during  the  winter,  provided  she  behave  herself  soberly 
and  well. 

Dr.  Noyes  is  paid  twenty-seven  shillings  for  journey  from  Andover 
to  see  the  sick  of  the  small  pox. 


136  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Schooner  Molly,  owned  by  Daniel  Rogers,  was  lost  this  year. 

From  a  memorandum  attached  to  an  almanac,  in  the  handwriting  of 
Rev.  John  Rogers,  we  get  a  glimpse  of  the  commerce  of  the  town  this 
year.  From  May,  17G4  to  May,  1765,  this  minister  sent  twenty-one 
adventures  of  rish  in  quantities  of  one  to  four  quintals  each,  principally 
to  Bilbao  and  the  West  Indies.  In  the  same  year  he  records  eleven 
ventures  to  Virginia  comprising  W.  I.  rum,  molasses,  cash  and  a  beaver 
hat.  In  a  previous  year  he  made  shipments  to  Lisbon,  Cadiz,  Bilbao 
and  Virginia,  one  to  the  latter  being  a  pair  of  black  silk  stockings  valued 
at  £7.10.  He  enjoyed  unusual,  facilities  for  these  small  business  tran- 
sactions, for  his  brother  Daniel  was  one  of  the  chief  merchants  of  the 
town,  and  many  of  his  parishioners  were  mariners. 

1765. — March  8.     Died,  widow  Sarah  Douce,  aged  eighty. 

Dec.  19.  Last  week  two  fishing  vessels  arrived  at  Cape  Ann  from 
the  Grand  Banks.  They  inform  that  great  numbers  of  French  ships 
were  fishing  on  the  banks,  wTho  were  very  insulting,  and  did  consider- 
able damage  to  many  of  our  fishermen  by  running  foul  of  their  vessels, 
etc.  They  also  inform  that  on  Tuesday  se'en  night  they  met  with  a  very 
violent  gale  of  wind  in  which  they  had  the  misfortune  to  have  two  men 
washed  overboard  from  each  of  their  vessels,  among  whom  was  the 
skipper  of  one  of  them.  On  the  fourth,  at  night,  a  fishing  schooner  be- 
longing to  Marblehead,  from  the  banks  of  Newfoundland,  ran  ashore  on 
the  Cape.  As  soon  as  she  struck,  the  men,  nine  in  number,  took  to 
the  boat.  The  surf  running  high,  the  boat  overset  and  all  perished.  A 
boy  left  on  board  was  found  dead  next  morning,  forward  of  the  wind- 
lass. 

A  spire  was  built  on  the  meeting  house  of  the  first  parish  this  year, 
the  old  spire  having  fallen  "by  the  wind."  Oct.  23,  1761,  the  town 
paid  £4  for  a  weather-cock  for  the  new  one. 

1766. — March  15.  A  store  with  a  sail-loft  was  consumed  by  fire,  with 
between  twenty  and  thirty  pieces  of  duck  partly  made  up,  and  sundry 
other  articles  that  were  therein. 

Abraham  Da}r,  John  Haskell  and  Asa  Davis  were  lost  at  sea  this  year. 
Timothy  Higgins  and  James  Gardner  were  among  the  lost  in  the  great 
disaster  to  the  fishing  fieet  this  year. 

1776. — Jan.  28.  The  memorial  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  of 
Gloucester  humbly  sheweth  that  the  said  town  is  subsisted  chietly  by  the 
seafaring  business,  and  the  chief  of  that  business  is  the  fishery.  That 
they  had  nineteen  fishing  schooners,  some  of  the  prime  fishermen  and 
best  of  their  vessels,  which  sailed  for  the  fishing   banks  just   before  a 


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violent  storm  in  March  last,  which  lasted  several  days  ;  of  which  nine- 
teen, seven  with  their  crews  are  undoubtedly  lost,  never  having  been 
heard  of  to  this  day.  One  of  these  fishing  vessels  was  lost  at  the  Isle 
of  Shoals,  in  the  same  storm  ;  and  one  of  the  said  nineteen  was  cast 
away  at  Liverpool,  on  Cape  Sable  shore,  and  it  is  judged  that  the 
charges  of  getting  off  and  repairing  her  render  her  as  good  as  lost. 
That  several  of  those  which  have  returned  of  the  said  nineteen  were 
much  wrecked  in  the  said  storm,  so  as  to  need  considerable  repairs  be- 
fore they  could  proceed  ;  that  one  of  their  West  Indian  traders  was  lost 
on  the  Isle  of  Nevis  :  That  the  fishery  in  said  town  has  this  year  been 
very  unsuccessful  and  their  trading  stock  is  considerably  diminished. 
They,  ye  said  Selectmen,  humbly  pray  your  excellency  and  your  hon- 
ours to  grant  them  an  abatement  in  the  Province  tax,  or  other  such  re- 
lief as  to  your  excellency  and  your  honours  in  your  great  wisdom  shall 
seem  meet,  and  your  petitioners,  as  in  duty  bound,   shall  ever  pray. — 

Daniel  Witham 
Samuel  Griffin 
Peter  Coffin 
John  Low 
Samuel  Whittemore 

Selectmen  of  Gloucester. 
House  of  Representatives,  March  3,  1767. 

The  facts  set  forth  in  the  petition  appearing  to  be  true,  resolved  that 
the  prayer  of  the  petition  be  granted,  and  that  the  sum  of  £50  be  abated 
the  town  of  Gloucester  out  of  their  Province  tax  for  1766,  in  considera- 
tion of  their  losses  and  sufferings  in  March,  1766. 

Oct.  8.     Capt.  Philip  Merrit  arrived,  fifty -two  days  from  Lisbon. 

1768.— Aug.  21.  Capt.  Cornelius  Fellows  and  Mr.  Thomas  Marett 
are  appointed  by  the  'Squam  Parish  a  Committee  to  go  to  Cambridge 
to  settle  for  the  probation  preaching  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Wyeth  on 
the  best  terms  they  can  ;  he  having  sued  for  the  same. 

Nov.  19.  A  vessel  is  seen  to  beat  to  pieces  on  the  rocks  of  Cape 
Ann,  supposed  to  be  Capt.  John  Nickels  from  Sheepscot.  He  had  a 
number  of  women  passengers  on  board. 

Dec.  2.  A  vessel  discovered  on  the  rocks  called  Salvages.  Some 
people  went  off  but  could  not  board  her,  the  sea  was  so  rough.  Went 
off  next  morning  and  found  three  dead  bodies  of  men  and  one  boy  on 
the  rocks.  She  was  said  in  a  Boston  paper  to  be  Capt.  Maxwell,  from 
St.  John's,  N.  S.,  to  Boston,  having  near  twenty  passengers  on  board. 

15 


138  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Dec.  21.  Mr.  Roland  Cotton  died,  aged  twenty,  after  a  few  weeks' 
confinement  of  a  fever  and  languishment  consequent  upon  a  fall  he  met 
with  some  time  before.  He  was  a  son  of  Rev.  Josiah  Cotton  of  San- 
down. 

Thirty  persons  were  warned  out  of  town  in  1763,  and  to  show  that  the 
population  was  increasing  by  immigration  at  this  time,  it  may  be  stated 
that  16  were  warned  out  in  1764,  17  in  1765  and  35  in  1766. 

1769. — May  15.  Jacob  Parsons,  of  Gloucester,  deputy  sheriff,  hav- 
ing arrested  one  Merrill  for  debt,  said  Merrill  was  rescued  from  him  by 
the  disorderly  proceeding  of  one  Sam'l  Fellows,  captain  of  one  of  his 
Majesty's  armed  cutters. 

Dec.  13.  A  sloop  belonging  to  Haverhill,  Bennet  master,  bound 
from  Cape  Porpoise  to  Cape  Ann,  loaded  with  lumber,  in  attempting 
to  get  into  Annisquam  harbor,  struck  upon  the  bar  and  stove  in  part  of 
her  bottom.  Mr.  Redington  and  another  person  were  drowned;  the 
master  was  saved.     These  were  the  o,nly  persons  on  board. 

1770. — January.  Richard  Silvester  was  appointed  by  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Customs,  land-waiter,  gauger  and  weigher  for  the  district  of 
Cape  Ann,  in  room  of  Mr.  Phillips. 

Schooner  Industry,  owned  by  Capt.  Wm.  Ellery,  was  lost  this  year. 

1771. — March  3.  In  a  severe  snow  storm,  a  coasting  sloop  was  cast 
away  at  Cape  Ann,  and  all  the  people  perished.  She  belonged  to  and 
was  bound  for  Newbury  port,  from  Deer  Island,  laden  with  wood,  Stick- 
ney,  master.     One  of  the  bodies  was  found  on  the  shore. 

March  26.  The  poor,  about  twenty-five  in  number,  are  let  out  to 
different  persons. 

April  22.  In  the  Council  of  the  Province  a  bill  passed  to  be  enacted 
for  building  a  light-house  on  Thatcher's  Island,  and  on  the  26th  Capt. 
Nathaniel  Allen  of  Gloucester,  Maj.  Richard  Reed  of  Marblehead  and 
Capt.  Richard  Derby  of  Salem,  with  such  as  the  Hon.  Board  may  join, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  take  the  care  of  building  a  light-house 
on  Thatcher's  Island,  and  report  their  proceedings  to  the  General  As- 
sembly. A  committee  of  this  body  was  joined  and  reported  June  22, 
that  the  island  contained  eighty  acres,  and  that  the  owners  asked  £500 
for  it.  The  committee  were  authorized  to  purchase  it,  to  erect  a  light- 
house or  houses,  and  a  convenient  house  for  the  keeper,  and  report  to 
the  legislature.  June  29,  1773,  in  the  House,  Capt.  Derby  and  Mr. 
Allen  with  such  as  the  Honorable  Council  might  join,  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  take  care  of  the  light-houses  on  Thatcher's  Island  and  to 


EARLY    RECORDS.  139 

give  directions  respecting  the  lights  and  the  island  on  which  they  stand, 
until  the  further  order  of  the  Court. 

Dec.  17.     Died,  Ann  Haskell,  of  old  age. 

1772. — The  sloop  Abigail  and  cargo,  belonging  to  Capt.  John  Smith, 
was  lost  in  the  West  Indies  this  year. 

The  following  is  the  card  of  Richard  Silvester,  a  custom  house  officer, 
alluded  to  in  the  Hist.  p.  386.  He  was  warned  out  of  town  in  accord- 
ance with  a  law  of  that  time.  The  card  and  accompanying  letter  ap- 
peared in  the  Boston  JSFeivs  Letter  of  Oct.  15,  1772. 

Cape  Ann,  Oct.  3,  1772. 

Mr.  Draper,  Sir  : — Having  lately  rec'd  a  complimentary  Message  from  the  Select- 
men of  the  town  of  Gloucester,  where  I  reside,  I  am  desirous  in  a  public  Manner  to 
return  them  Thanks  for  the  Favour,  lest  they  should  Think  me  ungrateful,  &  as  some 
of  them  &  the  promoters  of  it  are  often  in  Boston,  I  may  be  too  late,  &  thought  remiss 
in  acknowledging  their  Favour,  therefore  I  desire  you  to  publish  the  inclosed  Card. 

I  am  Sir, 

Your  most  humble  Sev't 

Richard  Silvester. 
A  CARD. 

Richard  Silvester,  Officer  of  the  Customs  at  Cape  Ann,  takes  this  Method  (as  he  may 
not  have  the  Opportunity  to  see  the  Parties  together),  to  return  Thanks  to  the  Select- 
Men  of  the  Town  of  Glocester,  viz.  Daniel  Withaui,  Esq.,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Samuel 
Whittemore,  Peter  Coffin,  John  Low  &  Samuel  Griffin  for  their  kind  remembrance  of 
him,  &  doing  him  the  Honor  (on  the  29th  September  1772)  to  send  a  Constable  to  order 
him  &  family  to  quit  the  Town,  &  to  demand  One  Shilling  Lawful-Money  for  each  Head. 
He  thinks  they  have  been  asleep  for  some  considerable  Time,  or  otherwise  the  Motion 
for  the  Compliment  must  have  been  in  Debate  upwards  of  Twenty  Months,  the  said 
Silvester  having  resided  there  that  Time,  without  receiving  any  such  like  ceremonial 
Message.  He  prays  leave  to  acquaint  those  Worthies,  that  he  cannot  nor  will  not  com- 
ply with  their  Request,  so  long  as  his  Duty  requires  his  stay  in  Cape  Ann. 

As  he  believes  them  all  to  be  his  great  Friends,  takes  the  Liberty,  in  return  of  Friend- 
ship, to  advise  them  to  make  no  more  Blunders  &  the  next  Time  they,  have  occasion  to 
write  about  his  Children  to  call  them  by  their  proper  Names — he  don't  know  those  men- 
tioned in  the  Notice  sent  by  their  Officer.—  Boston  News-Letter,  Oct  15,  1772. 

Richard  Silvester  lived  in  Back  street,  in  a  gambrel-roof  house  still 
standing,  next  to  the  house  once  occupied  by  the  Rand  family. 

17 73"— Jan.  25.  The  Third  church  vote  "that  all  public  offences 
which  demand  a  public  acknowledgment  or  satisfaction,  said  acknowl- 
edgment or  satisfaction  shall  be  read  in  the  presence  of  the  congrega- 
tion ;  also  that  all  persons  who  are  called  upon  to  make  any  public 
acknowledgment  or  satisfaction  for  any  public  offence  shall  have  the 
liberty  to  stand  up  in  the  place  where  they  are  seated,  and  not  appear 
in  the  front  alley,  as  has  been  the  custom  in  this  place,  when  their  ac- 
-knowledgment  or  satisfaction  is  read." 


140  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Sept.  23.  Adam  Huffin  and  John  Avery  are  paid  19s.  6d.  for  watch- 
ing at  Fort  Point,  and  John  McKean  12s.  for  watching  at  the  Cut  against 
the  small-pox  at  Marblehead. 

Account  of  a  fishing  schooner's  fares  to  the  Grand  Banks  this  year  : 
"Proceeds  of  first  fare  250£  qtls.,  £133  9s.  Od.  ;  Great  General,  £32  16s. 
Jamaica  Fish,  10s.  4d.  per  qtl.  ;  proceeds  of  second  fare  :  112  qtls.  Ja- 
maica Fish  at  10s.,  188  qtls.  mercht.ble  at  12s.,  £169;  Great  Gen- 
eral, £39  Is.  4d." 

1774. — Jan.  14.  A  sloop  from  St.  Martin's,  belonging  to  Cape  Ann 
and  bound  there,  was  cast  away  on  the  back  of  Cape  Cod,  in  a  snow 
storm,  and  two  or  three  of  the  hands  perished. 

Nov.  21.  A  brig  from  Newfoundland,  Capt.  Charles  Acworth,  was 
cast  away  at  Cape  Ann.  The  captain  and  two  men  perished.  Vessel 
and  cargo  a  total  loss. 

Dec.  28.  Schooner  Neptune,  Jonathan  Dennison,  master,  was  cast 
away  at  Scituate.  Five  men  were  drowned  and  two  saved.  Among 
the  former  were  the  master  and  Stephen  Lane,  grandfather  of  the  Glouc- 
ester artist,  Fitz  H.  Lane. 

1775. — The  following  is  the  admonitory  address  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Chandler,  mentioned  in  the  History,  p.  329.  It  appeared  in  the  Es- 
sex Gazette  of  Feb.  14,  1775,  and  it  was  also  printed  in  an  appendix 
to  a  pamphlet  published  by  Rev.  John  Cleveland,  of  Chebacco  Parish, 
Ipswich,  entitled  "An  attempt  to  nip  in  the  bud  the  unscriptural  doctrine 
of  Universal  Salvation,  and  some  other  dangerous  errors  connected  with 
it  which  a  certain  stranger,  who  calls  himself  John  Murray,  has  of  late 
been  endeavoring  to  spread  in  the  First  Parish  of  Gloucester,"  etc., 
etc. 

"My  Brethren  and  Friends, — I  have  much  sorrow  of  heart  considering  the  state  of 
affairs  among  us.  I  am  far  advanced  in  life,  and  labour  under  threatening  maladies, 
and  know  not  how  soon  I  may  be  taken  from  you,  and  from  this  world.  As  one  draw- 
ing near  the  eternal  world  I  would  give  you  caution — Take  heed  what  you  hear.  The 
seeds  of  heresy  are  sowing  and  sprouting  up  among  us,  and  souls  are  in  danger  of  be- 
ing seduced  into  error. 

"There  is  one  who  calls  himself  John  Murray  (it  is  not  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Murray 
of  Boothbay)  who  has  declared  the  following  to  be  his  settled  opinion.  That  the  Avhole 
human  race,  every  one  of  Adam's  posterity,  have  an  interest  in  Christ,  and  are  God's  be- 
loved ones.  That  the  whole  human  race,  every  individual  of  mankind  shall  finally  be 
saved.  That  Judas  shall  sit  upon  a  throne  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  That  at  death  the 
good  go  into  happiness,  and  the  bad  into  an  intermediate  state,  a  place  of  misery,  to 
abide  there  for  a  certain  season,  but  shall  finally  be  saved,  which  however  dressed  up 
in  soft  terms  and  smooth  expressions,  is  the  very  popish  purgatory. 

"The  substance  of  these  things,  and  many  other  errors  he  hath  openly  avowed  and 


EARLY    RECORDS.  141 

fully  declared  to  be  his  sentiments,  at  my  house,  in  the  hearing  of  many  "witnesses. 
These  are  nnscriptural  tenets,  and  notwithstanding  all  his  perverting  of  the  holy 
scriptures,  and  wresting  and  torturing  the  word  of  God,  he  was  not  able  to  produce 
one  plausible  proof,  nor  one  rational  argument  for  the  support  of  these  pernicious 
principles.  They  naturally  lead  to  many  other  gross  errors  and  popish  absurdities — 
and  they  are  extremely  dangerous  to  the  souls  of  men.  They  encourage  the  wicked  in 
their  wickedness ;  for  upon  these  principles  a  man  may  live  and  die  in  sin,  and  yet  go 
to  heaven  at  last ;  he  may  get  drunk,  and  commit  fornication  and  adultery,  he  may 
cheat,  and  steal,  and  lie,  and  indulge  all  manner  of  carnal  gratifications,  and  be  saved 
notwithstanding. 

"But  you  may  say  you  do  not  discover  any  of  these  errors  in  his  preaching.  Why, 
others  who  have  been  accounted  serious,  discerning,  judicious  men,  and  whose  judg- 
ment would  heretofore  have  had  some  weight  in  your  minds,  have  discovered  them  in 
his  public  discourses. 

"But  however  he  seems  artfully  to  hide  them,  your  minds  are  not  prepared  to  re- 
ceive them ;  your  affections  must  first  be  broke  oft* from  your  ministers  and  your  minds 
filled  with  prejudice  against  them  by  their  being  reviled  and  vilified,  and  your  affec- 
tions set  upon  himself,  and  you  brought  to  receive  the  words  of  his  mouth  with  an 
implicit  faith;  then,  doubtless,  these  dangerous  doctrines,  and  many  others,  will  be 
inculcated. 

"My  brethren  and  friends,  I  must  caution  you  to  take  heed  and  beware  of  false 
teachers.  Beware  lest  ye  be  led  away  with  errors  and  fall  from  your  steadfastness. 
Beware  of  false  prophets,  concerning  whom  our  blessed  Saviour  hath  warned  us,  that 
if  it  were  possible  they  shall  deceive  the  very  Elect. 

Samuel  Chandler." 

1774. — The  following  is  the  covenant  for  mutual  insurance  of  the 
Grand  Bankers,  alluded  to  in  the  History, page  383 : 

Whereas,  for  the  better  carrying  on  our  fishing  voyages  and  sustaining  the  losses 
that  may  happen  therein.  We  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed,  have  agreed  to 
make  a  common  stock  of  our  vessels,  so  that  those  persons  that  shall  happen  to  lose 
any  vessel  during  the  term  hereafter  agreed  on,  shall  be  reimbursed,  and  by  the  own- 
ers of  those  vessels  that  shall  not  be  lost,  the  whole  of  what  such  vessel  shall  be  es- 
timated at  when  put  into  the  stock,  except  such  a  proportion  as  said  vessel  shall  bear 
towards  the  whole  of  said  stock,  for  effecting  whereof  it  is  Covenanted  and  Agreed 
and  each  of  us  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed,  hereby  separately  and  not 
jointly  covenant  with  each  other,  our  heirs,  and  executors  and  Administrators,  that  we 
will,  to  such  persons  of  us  as  shall  lose  a  vessel  or  vessels,  that  is  put  into  said  stock, 
and  named  and  estimated  as  beneath  and  employed  in  the  above  said  voyages  from  the 
twenty-fifth  day  of  February,  1774,  and  none  to  sail  on  her  voyage  after  the  tenth  day 
of  October,  1774,  from  hence  to  the  fishing  banks  and  back  till  safely  moored  in  the 
harbour  of  Glocester  or  Squam  river.  Such  sums  of  money  as  shall  be  our  propor- 
tion of  the  sum  such  vessel  is  estimated  at,  as  aforesaid,  accounting  the  same  accord- 
ing as  our  estimated  interest  in  said  stock  is,  to  the  whole  of  said  stock,  within  ninety 
days,  next  after  such  loss  is  proved,  or  twenty  days  after  four  months  shall  have 
passed  after  such  a  vessel  sailing  upon  said  voyage  as  above  said,  and  not  having  re- 
turned. And  it's  further  Covenanted  by  said  party  separately  as  aforesaid,  that  noth- 
ing shall  be  paid,  unless  such  vessel  shall  be  taken,  totally  lost  or  stranded,  in  which 
latter  case,  we  will  pay  our  proportion  of  the  charge  that  shall  arise  towards  getting 
off  or  saving  such  vessels  or  part  thereof  accounting  the  same  as  aforesaid,  and  accord- 


142 


HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 


ing  as  the  estimated  value  of  such  vessel  shall  be  iu  proportion  to  the  real  value  thereof, 
and  if  the  owner  of  such  vessel  shall  neglect  to  get  her  off  or  save  what  he  can  thereof, 
then  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  residue  of  the  subscribers  by  the  committee  to  take  care  of 
such  vessel,  and  make  the  most  of  her  they  can  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  subscribers. 
And  it's  further  covenanted  by  the  parties  aforesaid,  that  after  any  vessel  is  arrived  and 
safe  moored  in  the  harbour  of  Glocester  or  Squam  river,  that  no  money  shall  be  paid 
for  any  vessel  that  may  be  stranded  or  lost  or  that  may  receive  any  damage  in  the  har- 
bour of  Glocester  or  Squam  river,  and  it's  further  Covenanted  between  the  parties 
that  Dau'l  Sargent,  Esq.,  John  Smith  &  Davd.  Plummer  be  a  Committee  to  adjust  the 
losses  that  may  happen,  and  do  all  those  acts  that  are  necessary  to  be  done  for  the 
good  of  the  whole  and  agreeable  to  those  Covenants,  and  if  any  differences  arise  be- 
twen  the  parties  aforesaid  relating  to  anything  contained  in  these  articles,  Then  the 
matter  of  dispute  shall  be  determined  by  arbitrators  mutually  chosen  by  them.  In 
witness  of  all  which,  each  of  the  parties  aforesaid  have  here  to  set  down  each  of  the 
vessels  that  he  hath  put  in  stock  as  aforesaid,  and  the  real  and  estimated  value  thereof ; 
and  hereunto  set  his  hand  and  seal  this  Sixth  day  of  April,  Anno  Domini  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  &  Seventy-Four. 

N.  B. — It  is  further  agreed  that  all  losses  shall  be  paid  in  Merchs.  att  ye  Markett 
Price. 


Vessels' 

Real 

Estimated 

Who  put 

Names. 

Value. 

Value. 

them  in. 

Leopard 

£300 

£200 

Isaac  Smith. 

Merril 

300 

200 

" 

Tamy 

300 

200 

(i          f< 

Dolphin 

300 

200 

11                     CI 

Olive  Branch 

300 

200 

(<              11 

Drake 

250 

180 

" 

lUnity 

220 

160 

" 

Resolution 

300 

260 

Epes  Sargent. 

Noble  Pitt 

300 

200 

u          ii 

King  David 

300 

200 

i, 

Bonne  Venture 

300 

200 

" 

\ Fair  Lady 

150 

100 

<i 

Robiuhood 

300 

240 

Daniel  Roger. 

George 

300 

240 

u           ii 

Fame 

280 

200 

i. 

Two  Brothers 

200 

100 

ii           it 

Hanah 

280 

'  200 

ii           ii 

Judith 

300 

240 

ii           ti 

Esther 

300 

259 

ii           it 

iBoscawen 

150 

120 

ic           i< 

4ye  Rachel! 

150 

100 

K           ii 

iye  Luckey 

150 

100 

" 

•ithe  Boscawen 

150 

120 

Joseph  Allen. 

iye  Rachel 

150 

100 

ii            <i 

4ye  Sukey 

150 

100 

ii           it 

Schoor  John 

350 

280 

Daniel  Sargent. 

|Schor  Mineroa 

225 

160 

it          ii 

Schoor  Hawk 

300 

200 

ii          ii 

Schoor  Two  Bro's 

300 

200 

ii          <i 

ithe  Lyon 

150 

140 

ii          ii 

EARLY  RECORDS. 


143 


Vessels' 

Names. 

ithe  Sally 
^Friendship 
Schoo*  Frederic 

Schoor  Luce 
•itlie  Lyon 
Schoor  Dimon 
Schr  Jollyroger 
Schr  Polly 
Snsahana 
Endeavor 
lUnity 

Schr  Gorham 
Oliver  Cromwell 
Schr  Endeavor 
Schr  Neptune 
Schr  Industry 
Schr  Britian 
Sclir  Dolphin 
J  the  Friendship 
i  Sally 

Schr  Victory 
Schr  Glorioca 
Schr  Hawk 


Real 
Value. 

150 
150 
180 
300 
150 
300 
300 
300 
300 
300 
62 
330 
300 
300 
300 
300 
300 
300 
450 
150 
300 
300 
300 


Estimated 
Value. 

140 
130 
140 
200 
140 
200 
200 
200 
200 
250 
50 
200 
200 
240 
250 
250 
250 
250 
140 
140 
200 
200 
200 


Who  put 
them  in. 

Daniel  Sargent. 


John  Smith. 
John  Stevens,  Jr. 

i«         it  si 

Wm.  Coas. 
it        << 

David  Plummer. 
Eben  Parsons. 

John  Low. 

Benjamin  Ellery. 
Sam'l  Griffin. 

John  Stevens. 

ti  ti 

Solomon  Gorham. 


Benjamin  Morgan  and  his  son  were  lost  at  sea  this  year. 

1775. — Jan.  27.  At  a  meeting  of  the  militia  officers  chosen  by  the 
6th  Regiment  of  the  Comity  of  Essex,  held  at  Gloucester,  after  the  res- 
ignation of  Col.  John  Stevens,  the  following  gentlemen  were  respect- 
ively made  choice  of  for  field  officers  : 

John  Lee,  Esq.,  Colonel ;  Capt.  Peter  Coffin,  1st  Lieut.  Col.  ;  John 
Low,  Esq.,  2d  Lieut.  Col.  ;  Mr.  Samuel  Whittemore,  1st  Major;  Dr. 
Samuel  Rogers,  2d  Major. 

1st  Company — Daniel  Warner,  Capt.  ;  Benj.  Somes,  1st  Lt. ;  Dan- 
iel Smith,  2d  Lt.  ;  Nathaniel  Warner,  Ensign. 

2d  Company — Andrew  Marsters,  Capt.  ;  Samuel  Foster,  1st  Lt.  ; 
Eleazer  Craft,  2d  Lt.  ;  Jonathan  Brown,  jr.,  Ensign. 

3d  Company — Jonathan  Brown,  Capt.  ;  Nathan  Low,  1st  Lt. ;  John 
Low,  jr.,  2d  Lt.  ;  Wm.  Bobbins,  Ensign. 

4th  Company — Joseph  Eveleth,  Capt.  ;  Ephraim  Choate,  1st  Lt.  ; 
Jonathan  Gillout,  2d  Lt.  ;  John  Roberts,  jr.,  Ensign. 

5th  Company — Barnabas  Dodge,  Capt.  ;  Nathan  Haraden,  1st  Lt. ; 
John  Woodbury,  2d  Lt.  ;  Joseph  York,  Ensign. 

6th  Company — Jacob  Allen,  Capt.  ;  Joseph  Procter,  1st  Lt. ;  Solo- 
mon Gorham,  2d  Lt.  ;  Eben  Parsons,  Ensign. 


144  HISTORY     OF    GLOUCESTER  I 

7th  Company— John  Rowe,  Capt.  ;  Mark  Pool,  1st  Lt.  ;  Benj.  Tarr, 
2d  Lt.  ;  Isaac  Pool,  Ensign. 

April  26.  Capt.  Nathaniel  Warner  is  allowed  £24  10s  for  pay  of  the 
minute  men. 

This  day  was  kept  by  the  First  Parish  as  a  day  of  fasting  and  prayer 
in  order  to  settle  a  minister.  Ministers  present : — Rev.  J.  Cleaveland 
of  Chebacco,  who  preached  A.  M.  ;  Rev.  D:iniel  Fuller  of  the  Second 
Church  ;  Rev.  John  Rogers  of  the  Third  who  preached  P.  M.  ;  Rev. 
Obadiah  Parsons  of  the  Fourth;  and  Rev.  Ebenezer  Cleaveland  of  the 
Fifth. 

Last  Tuesday  arrived  here  the  ship  Boston  Packet,  Capt.  Lyde,  from 
London,  in  whom  came  as  passenger  our  good  friend  and  worthy  pa- 
triot, Josiah  Quincy,  Jr.,  Esq.,  far  gone  with  a  consumption,  who  was 
immediately  visited  by  one  of  the  physicians  of  this  place  and  other  re- 
spectable persons  ;  but  as  he  appeared  to  be  actually  expiring  no  as- 
sistance could  be  afforded  him,  and  a  few  hours  put  an  end  to  his 
valuable  life.  Great  care  was  taken  by  the  selectmen  to  forward  to  his 
friends  the  account  of  his  death,  but  as  through  the  perplexity  of  the 
times  no  returns  could  be  obtained  from  them,  his  remains  were  yester- 
day with  great  respect  interred  in  the  public  burying  ground  of  this  place. 
June  17.  Daniel  Callahan,  killed  in  the  memorable  battle  of  this  day, 
was  an  apprentice  of  Stephen  Low,  whose  petition  for  wages  and  sun- 
dries lost  in  that  battle,  was  presented  in  the  House  of  Representatives, 
June  27,  1776,  but  not  granted. 

Benjamin  Smith  also  killed  in  that  battle,  was  an  apprentice  of  Capt. 
William  Ellery  of  this  town.  He  was  born  in  England  and  had  no  re- 
lations in  this  country.  Capt.  Ellery  presented  to  the  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts  a  petition  for  compensation  for  the  losses  he  sustained 
by  the  death  of  his  apprentice,  amounting  to  £5.11.8,  to  which  he  made 
oath  June  15,  1776  ;  but  it  does  not  appear  that  the  claim  was  ever  al- 
lowed. 

Alexander  Parsons,  severely  wounded  in  the  same  battle,  was  struck 
by  a  musket  ball  which  broke  his  collar  bone  and  lodged  against  his  right 
shoulder  blade  on  the  back.  Three  months  afterwards  it  is  said,  the  ball 
was  taken  from  under  the  shoulder  blade  on  the  opposite  from  which  it 
entered.  He  again  joined  the  American  army  at  Cambridge,  but  hav- 
ing lost  the  use  of  his  right  arm  he  was  chosen  by  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives Aug.  11,  1777,  third  lieutenant  of  a  company  of  matrosses 
stationed  at  Gloucester.  He  married  Elizabeth  Eveleth  in  1769,  and 
had  several  daughters. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  145 

Josiah  Brooks,  also  killed  at  Bunker  Hill,  received  his  death  wound 
while  on  the  back  of  William  Jumper,  who  had  taken  him  up  severely 
wounded  at  the  rail  fence  to  carry  him  to  a  place  of  safety. 

Lieut.  John  Burnham,  also  engaged  in  this  battle,  was  not,  as  stated 
in  the  History,  a  native  of  Gloucester.  He  was  born  in  Chebacco  (now 
Essex)  Dec.  10,  1749,  and  was  a  son  of  Samuel  Burnham.  He  mar- 
ried Abby  Collins  of  this  town,  Jan.  31,  178G.  He  had  returned  to  Che- 
bacco in  17y<3,  when  he  was  dismissed  from  the  church  there  to  one 
about  to  be  formed  in  Deny,  N.  H.,  of  which  he  became  deacon  in 
1810. 

In  1842,  when  in  his  ninety-third  year,  he  dictated  to  his  son  George, 
a  full  and  interesting  account  of  his  services  in  the  revolutionary  war,  a 
copy  of  which  is  in  my  possession. 

Major  Burnham  had  six  children,  of  whom  three  were  sons: — Sam- 
uel, a  sea-captain  and  commander  of  a  privateer  in  the  war  of  1812, 
who  was  lost  at  sea;  John,  a  merchant  in  Cincinnati  and  other  places, 
who  died  in  Dumbarton  ;  and  George,  who  married  in  Derry  and  died 
Jan.  1,  1851. 

Aug.  11.  Upon  report  of  a  committee  appointed  by  the  General 
Court  to  confer  with  General  Washington  with  respect  to  supplying  the 
town  of  Gloucester  with  men  and  ammunition,  the  Committee  of  Sup- 
plies were  directed  to  deliver  300  lbs.  of  powder,  300  shot  of  nine 
pounds,  for  a  swivel  gun  of  small  size,  and  100  lbs.  of  grape  shot  to 
Capt.  Jos.  Foster  for  defence  of  said  town  ;  and  it  was  ordered  that 
the  Honorable  Council  order  the  company  raised  by  Capt.  John  Lane 
(part  of  which  is  now  at  Cambridge)  to  march  immediately  to  Glouc- 
ester and  there  to  remain  for  the  defence  of  that  town,  to  be  under  the 
direction  and  command  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  of  that 
town. 

In  addition  to  Capt.  Lane's  company  it  appears  by  the  following  cor- 
respondence that  another  smaller  force  was  also  sent  at  this  anxious  pe- 
riod from  the  headquarters  of  the  American  army. 

Headquarters,  Aug.  16,  1775. 
Sir — You  are  to  proceed  with  the  detachment  of  Riflemen  under  your  command  to 
Cape  Ann,  where  you  are  to  endeavor,  not  only  to  protect  the  inhabitants  from  all  at- 
tempts of  the  enemy,  but  to  do  your  utmost  to  distress  and  annoy  any  detachment 
from  the  ministerial  army  that  maybe  sent  from  Boston  to  plunder  or  destroy  that  set- 
tlement. Upon  your  march  and  during  your  residence  at  Cape  Ann,  as  well  as  upon 
your  march  back  to  camp,  you  will  observe  strict  discipline,  and  on  no  account  suffer 
any  under  your  command  to  pillage  or  maraud.  Upon  your  arrival  at  Cape  Ann  you 
16 


146  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER. 

will  dispatch  a  messenger  to  acquaint  the  general  with  the  state  you  find  things  in 
there,  and  you  will  frequently  report  to  the  General  all  extraordinary  occurrences  that 
may  happen. 

I  am,  sir,  your  most  obt,  humble  servant,  Horatio  Gates, 

Adjt.  General. 

Maj.  Robert  Magaw. 


[Maj.  Robert  Magaw  to  General  Gates.] 

Cape  Ann,  August  21,  1775. 
Sir—1  wrote  to  you  on  the  Nth  Inst,  that  no  alarms  or  appearances  of  immediate 
danger  had  been  in  this  place  for  some  time  past.  Since  the  9th  inst.,  when  Captain 
Lindsey,  commanding  a  sloop  of  war,  threw  a  number  of  shot  into  the  town,  the  in- 
habitants have  remained  unmolested.  On  Saturday  evening  last  a  man-of-war  ami  a 
tender  appeared  off  this  harbour;  we  expected  an  attack  yesterday;  they  bore  away 
for  the  eastward,  and  disappeared.  The  inhabitants  have  nearly  completed  a  small 
fort  to  mount  six  nine  pounders;  their  spirit  seems  equal  to  their  abilities.  We  have 
neither  blankets  nor  shirts  with  us.  Some  of  our  men  are  sick,  owing,  I  believe,  to  a 
want  of  covering  in  the  night. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be  with  great  respect,  your  obedient,  humble  servant. 

Robekt  Magaw, 

Major  Rifle  Bat.  Con.  Service. 
General  Gates. 

24.     Gloucester  is  abated  one-quarter  of  its  province  tax  for  1775. 

Sept.  27.  General  Court  appropriates  £140  to  Capt.  Joseph  Foster, 
to  pay  Capt.  John  Lane,  his  two  lieutenants,  and  forty-nine  men,  who 
have  not  received  advanced  pay. 

Capt.  John  Lane,  who  was  of  Buxton,  Me.,  was  soon  appointed  a 
captain  in  the  American  army,  and  was  succeeded  in  his  command  here 
by  Daniel  Giddings.  In  a  petition  to  the  General  Court  in  177(5,  he 
represented  that  he  had  been  in  commission  upwards  of  twenty  years, 
that  last  year  he  was  stationed  with  a  company  at  Cape  Ann,  and  being 
again  appointed  to  the  same  service,  prays  he  may  rank  according  to  his 
services  and  commission. 

Sept.  A  brig  from  Canada  bound  to  Boston,  with  live  stock  and  other 
necessary  articles  for  the  ministerial  troops,  was  taken  by  the  people  of 
the  town. 

Oct.  3.  General  Court  resolves  that  the  Committee  of  Safety  of  the 
Town  of  Gloucester  deliver  the  master  of  brigantine  Dolphine,  his  wear- 
ing apparel  and  cabin  furniture,  and  deliver  the  mate  and  foremost  hands 
any  small  property  or  adventure  they  may  have  on  board  the  brigantine 
to  be  apprised  by  three  men,  and  delivered  to  General  Washington  for 
him  to  improve  her  as  an  armed  vessel  in  defence  of  the  country.  The 
captain  to  be  allowed  out  of  the  public  treasury  such  sum  as  the  court 
may  determine. 


EARLY    RECORDS.  147 

30.  General  Washington  sends  a  letter  to  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives about  affording  some  necessaries  of  defence  at  Cape  Ann. 

Nov.  4.  General  Court  resolves  that  his  Excellency  the  General  di- 
rect Major  Mason  to  proceed  to  Concord,  Worcester,  Lancaster  and 
Leicester  to  view  the  cannon  now  in  those  towns,  and  such  as  he  shall 
judge  fit  for  use  and  necessary  for  the  defence  of  the  town,  the  town  of 
Gloucester  have'  leave  to  remove  to  that  place.  Major  Mason  or  Select- 
men of  Gloucester  have  liberty  to  procure  on  credit  of  the  colony,  from 
any  person  or  town,  2  bbls.  of  powder,  said  Gloucester  to  be  accounta- 
ble to  General  Court  therefor. 

10.  Gloucester  is  allowed  £20(3. 5s  for  billeting  75  men  11  weeks 
from  Aug.  16  to  Nov.  1  at  5s  a  man  per  week. 

Nov.  26.  A  sloop  laden  with  fish  and  train  oil,  taken  by  privateers, 
was  brought  into  the  harbor. 

28.  Capt.  Manly  brought  into  the  harbor  a  brig  laden  with  military 
stores,  valued  at  £30,000  sterling. 

30.  John  Stevens,  Chairman  Committee  of  Safety  and  Correspond- 
ence of  Gloucester,  petitions  the  General  Court  for  cannon,  ammunition, 
more  soldiers,  a  number  of  artillery  men,  with  a  field  officer  to  command 
the  troops  stationed  there,  and  the  militia  men  necessary  for  the  further 
defence  of  the  harbor. 

Dec.  2.  Considering  the  importance  of  the  harbor  of  Gloucester  and 
the  exposedness  of  the  same  to  the  enemy,  General  Court  resolves  to 
raise  two  companies  of  50  men  each  to  continue  in  service  till  April  1, 
unless  sooner  discharged. 

Dec.  19.  A  sloop  laden  with  wood  for  the  British  troops  in  Boston 
was  brought  in. 

20.  Four  Quaker  gentlemen  from  the  South  arrive  in  town  to  relieve 
the  poor. 

21.  General  Court  resolves  to  station  250  men  at  Gloucester. 

30.  For  four  companies  at  Gloucester  the  General  Court  chose  Jo- 
seph Foster,  colonel. 

1st  Company — DanielAVarner,Capt.  ;  JohnLow,  jr.,  1st Lt.,  declined  ; 
Solomon  Gorham,  2d  Lt.,  appointed  1st. 

2d  Company — John  Lane,  Capt.  ;  Jabez  Lane,  IstLt.  ;  Moses  Atkin- 
son, 2d  Lt. 

1776. — Jan.  1.  3d  Company — Bradbury  Sanders,  Capt.  ;  Isaac  Somes, 
IstLt.,  declined;  John  Chandler,  2d,  appointed  1st,  March  14. 


148  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

4th  Company — Win.  Pearson,  Capt.  ;  Joseph  Lane,  1st  Lt.  ;  James 
Hayes,  2d  Lt. 

Major  Samuel  Whitteraore  was  unanimously  chosen  commissary. 

Feb.  20.  Died  Thomas  Smith,  Esq.,  merchant  of  Falmouth  (Port- 
land), son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Smith  of  that  place,  and  brother  of  the  wife 
of  Hon.  Thomas  Sanders,  Esq.,  aged  40.  A  gentleman  of  unblemished 
character. 

Theophilus  Lane,  being  out  on  the  fishing  ground  in  the  spring  of  this 
year,  was  taken  by  an  English  vessel  and  employed  as  a  pilot  to  bring 
her  into  the  bay.  He  assured  the  captain  that  Gloucester  was  in  the 
hands  of  the  British  and  thus  induced  the  latter  to  run  into  this  port. 
Our  people  went  off  to  her,  and,  being  in  sufficient  number  to  overpower 
the  crew,  took  possession  of  the  vessel. 

March  16.  Difficulty  has  arisen  with  regard  to  rank  of  officers  at 
Gloucester,  whereupon  the  General  Court  vote  that  they  shall  be  ranked 
in  the  following  manner  : 

Daniel  Warner,  First  Captain  ;  Bradbury  Sanders,  Second  Captain  ; 
William  Pearson,  Third  Captain;  Daniel  Giddings,  Fourth  Captain. 

April  16.  General  Court  resolves  that  a  beacon  be  erected  at  Cape 
Ann  on  Governor's  Hill,  one  at  Marblehead,  one  at  Boston,  in  the  usual 
place,  and  one  on  the  Blue  Hills  in  Milton.  Selectmen  and  two  com- 
missioned officers  nearest  the  beacons  to  have  charge  of  them,  and  when 
an  enemy's  fleet  is  discovered  shall  fire  three  alarm  guns,  set  the  bells 
ringing  and  cause  the  beacons  to  be  fired  with  all  expedition. 

June  7.  On  petition  of  Peter  Coffin,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  John  Low,  the 
House  of  Representatives  resolve  to  supply  the  Town  of  Gloucester  with 
four  24-pounders,  four  9-pounders  and  four  6-pounders,  properly  stocked 
with  necessary  apparatus  for  each  cannon,  40  rounds  of  shot  for  each 
cannon  and  ten  barrels  of  gunpowder.  A  company  of  matrosses  of 
fifty  men  to  be  raised  to  manage  the  cannon  stationed  there,  to  be  under 
the  command  of  Col.  Foster,  to  be  enlisted  to  serve  until  the  last  of 
December. 

June  26.  In  House  of  Representatives.  The  petition  ot  Selectmen 
of  Gloucester  for  payment  of  a  muster  roll  of  Capt.  Daniel  Warner 
for  the  seivice  of  himself  and  46  men,  at  that  town,  from  Dec.  31,  1775, 
to  June  10,  1776,  also  of  several  accounts  for  supplying  men  stationed 
there,  was  presented. 

The  following  order  and  one  of  a  little  later  date,  emanating  from 


EARLY    RECORDS.  149 

one  pf  the  most  distinguished  revolutionary  patriots  of  Gloucester,  seem 
to  he  worthy  of  preservation  here. 

Gloucester,  March  24.  1776. 

Sir  —  As  our  enemies'  fleet  is  now  lying  in  Broad  Sound  in  Boston,  and  the  wind  fair 
for  them  to  come  to  this  place  if  they  are  so  minded.  It  is  therefore  necessary  that 
we  stand  on  our  guard  and  as  your  regiment  is  at  so  great  a  distance  it  will  not  be  pru- 
dent to  wait  till  the  enemy  appears  in  sight  before  notice  is  given  you. 

I  have  taken  the  advice  of  the  committee  in  this  town  and  considered  the  difficulty 
that  would  attend  your  sending  your  whole  regiment  to  this  town  unless  the  enemy 
were  actually  landed. 

I  have  therefore  thought  it  best  that  you  send  one  company  of  seventy- five  men,  of- 
ficers included,  to  my  assistance,  well  armed  and  accoutred  with  one  week's  provisions 
each,  to  morrow  morning  as  soon  as  possible,  which  may  prevent  a  general  alarm,  and 
this  will  be  your  sufficient  warrant  for  so  doing. 

I  am  your  humble  servant, 

Joseph  Foster. 

To  Col.  Jonathan  Cogswell. 

Gloucester,  May  9,  1776. 
Lieut.  Lane  : 

Sir — You  are  hereby  ordered  and  requested  forthwith  to  march  with  the  party  of  five 
men  under  your  command  whose  names  are  as  follows  :  Daniel  Haraden,  John  Atkins, 
Caleb  Lane,  Joseph  Somes  and  Joseph  Davis  to  'Squam,  where~you  are  to  keep  a  watch 
at  the  entrance  of  the  harbor  night  and  day,  which  watch  is  to  be  properly  released  at 
your  discretion,  you  are  to  give  said  watch  orders  to  inform  you  if  they  discover  any 
vessels  or  boats  that  attempt  to  land  on  that  shore,  or  that  appear  to  be  an  enemy,  af- 
ter you  have  inquired  into  such  information  as  you  may  receive  from  the  watch,  if  you 
judge  it  needful  you  are  to  fire  three  guns  to  alarm  the  inhabitants  there  and  send  one 
of  your  party  to  me  with  an  account  of  what  occasioned  the  alarm,  after  which  you  are 
to  endeavor  to  prevent  the  enemy  from  landing.  You  are  furthermore  to  visit  the 
watch  at  the  Cape  and  Chebacco  side  under  Corporals  Brown  and  Emerton  once  a  week 
or  of  tener,  and  see  if  they  keep  a  good  watch  agreeable  to  the  orders  they  have  received 
from  me,  which  you  are  to  demand  when  you  visit  said  watches  and  see  if  these  men 
attend  their  duty  and  make  a  return  to  me  every  Tuesday  when  you  send  for  your  al- 
lowance of  provisions.     Fail  not. 

Joseph  Foster. 

N.  B.     You  are  to  practice  your  party  in  ye  manual  exercise  all  opportunities. 

The  following  is  the  letter  of  Rev.  Eli  Forbes,  addressed  to  Winthrop 
Sargent,  Col.  Foster  and  others,  in  reply  to  theirs  to  him,  endeavoring 
to  dissuade  him  from  accepting  the  call  of  the  First  Parish  to  become 
its  pastor,  alluded  to  in  the  History,  page  402. 

Gloucester,  April  8,  1776. 
Gentlemen — I  thank  you  for  your  kind  and  seasonable  address  of  the  4th  inst.,  and 
assure  you  that  I  feel  as  sensibly  as  most  of  you  can,  for  the  public  calamities  of  the 
present  day,  and  am  deeply  impressed  with  that  part  which  falls  with  distinguishing 
weight  upon  ye  first  parish  of  the  town  of  Gloucester,  and  shall  not  intentionally  or 
understandingly  do  anything  which  may  have  a  tendency  to  increase  their  burdens,  but 


150  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

shall  aim  (as  T  have  done  since  I  have  been  among  them)  to  alleviate.  I  have  received 
the  votes  of  the  church  and  parish  which  contain  an  invitation  to  me  to  settle  with 
them  in  the  work  of  the  ministry.  When  I  shall  receive  their  votes  which  may  provide 
for  my  support,  I  shall,  I  hope,  discover  the  path  of  duty,  which  is  always  the  path  of 
honor.  I  beg  leave  to  observe,  that  I  can't  think  that  ye  first  parish  in  Gloucester  is  in 
such  a  deplorable  situation  as  forbids  the  settlement  of  the  gospel  among  them,  and  it 
lias  been  an  observation  founded  in  scripture  and  supported  by  facts  that  the  gospel 
always  carries  its  own  reward  and  a  blessing  along  with  it,  and  those  places  that  have 
neglected  the  settlement  of  ye  gospel  and  its  ordinances  fella  prey  to  every  deceiver. 
I  am,  gentlemen,  with  tender  concern  for  the  good  of  my  country  and  the  safety  and 
happiness  of  the  first  parish  in  Gloucester, 

Yonr  most  obedient,  humble  servant, 

Eli  Fohbes. 

1777. —Feb.  18.  Died,  Dr.  Samuel  Rogers  {Hist.  414).  His  chil- 
dren were  Elizabeth,  who  married  Charles  Rogers  ;  a  son  who  died  in  in- 
fancy ;  Mercy,  who  married  John  Gorham  Rogers  ;  and  Sarah,  who 
married  Capt.  Nathaniel  Smith. 

Sept.  18.     The  selectmen  petition  the  General  Court  that  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  town  may  be  supplied  with  salt,  and  have  leave  to  with- 
draw.    They  also  petition  that   the  poor  inhabitants  thereof   may  be 
supplied  with  corn.     This  was  read  and  committed. 
John  Morgan  died  at  Halifax  this  year  in  captivity. 
Samuel  Leach  died  of  small-pox  on  his  passage  from  Bilboa. 
1778. — Died  this  year  Joshua  Avery,  privateering,  by  means  of  a  fall. 
April.     Isaac  Haskell  was  killed  on  board  of  a  privateer. 
Sept.  18.     Died  Mrs.   Mary,  wife  of  Capt.  John  Somes.     She  was 
Mary  Smith,  and  was  married  to  Capt.  Somes  Aug.  18,  1770. 

Nov.  14.  Died  James  Dike,  son  of  Richard,  an  early  settler,  aged 
eighty-six.  He  married  Sarah  Dolliver,  Feb.  4,  1713,  and  a  second  wife, 
Miriam  Rust,  in  1771.  She  died  Dec.  10,  1778,  aged  nearly  ninety 
(see  Hist.  81). 

In  this  year  died  "old  Hannah  Stanwood." 

1779. — Jan.  2.  The  Second  Parish  votes  unanimously  that  they  will 
not  have  the  small-pox  brought  into  it  by  inoculation,  but  they  also  vote 
that  "if  any  persons  suspected  they  had  catched  the  small-pox  or  were 
resolved  to  inoculate,"  they  should  remove  to  Benjamin  Herrick's,  Dan- 
iel Herrick's,  or  widow  John  Haskell's  house  ;  they  themselves  to  pay 
the  charges. 

Feb.  24.  The  Parish  desires  that  the  selectmen  make  use  of  their 
power  to  have  the  houses  and  inhabitants  of  this  town  cleared  from  the 
infectious  distemper  of  the  small-pox,  and  likewise  to  forbid  any  more 
to  be  inoculated,  unless  the  town  give  liberty  to  inoculate  in  hospitals. 


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Jan.  3.  Died  in  the  Second  Parish,  widow  Trask,  nearly  eighty 
years  old  ;  probably  widow  of  Jonathan. 

July  22.  Ruth  Andrews,  widow  of  William,  died  of  small-pox,  aged 
fifty-five. 

Dee.  31.  The  town  votes  to  send  an  earnest  memorial,  already  pre- 
pared, to  the  General  Court,  praying  for  abatement  of  a  very  large  tax 
imposed  upon  it  that  year.  It  represents  the  taxable  polls  to  have  been 
reduced  from  1053  in  1775  to  696  in  1779;  that  at  the  commencement 
of  the  war  all  the  most  active,  wealthy  inhabitants  moved  from  the  town 
to  places  of  greater  security  ;  that  there  are  but  858  acres  of  arable, 
orcharding,  and  mowing  land  in  the  whole  town,  which  do  not  produce 
enough  of  the  necessaries  of  life  to  support  the  people  two  months  in 
the  twelve  :  that  their  privateering  adventures  had  been  very  unsuccess- 
ful ;  that  of  5000  tons  in  fishing  schooners,  merchant  vessels  and  boats, 
belonging  in  the  town  in  1775,  the  whole  amount,  improved  or  not,  is 
now  only  2,040  tons — 690  tons  having  been  lost  since  the  last  fall,  and 
that  all  their  interest  in  merchant  vessels  consisted  of  one-half  of  a  small 
ship  ;  that  the}'  had  a  very  numerous  poor  to  support — upwards  of  750 
of  that  class  that  lived  chiefly  on  charity  ;  in  short  that  the  town  was  veiy 
poor,  and  that  they  believed  that  all  the  money  in  the  town,  collected 
in  one  sum,  would  be  insufficient  to  meet  the  tax  set  upon  it. 

Moses  Bray  and  John  Herrick  died  this  year  in  captivity. 

Ebenezer  Pool,  Caleb  Pool,  Mrs.  Abigail  Rowe,  widow  Elizabeth 
Clark  and  some  others  died  this  year  of  small-pox,  at  Sandy  Bay,  and 
were  all  buried  near  the  seashore,  west -of  Whale  Cove. 

Of  a  state  tax  for  £1000,  county  of  Essex  pays  £56.6.5  ;  Salem, 
highest  in  the  county,  £20.4.5  ;  Gloucester,  seventh  town  in  the  county, 
£8.6.6. 

John  Burns  and  William  Webster  supposed  to  be  lost  in  a  privateer 
commanded  by  John  Colson. 

1780. — May  19.  "About  twelve  o'clock,  noon,  came  on  an  uncom- 
mon darkness.  Sometime  previous  to  it  the  clouds  arose  about  south- 
west, remarkably  black,  which  soon  overspread  the  horizon.  The  dark- 
ness increased  to  that  degree  that  it  was  necessary  to  light  a  candle  to 
dine  by.  The  darkness  continued  till  near  the  sun's  going  down.  The 
moon  fulled  the  18th,  yet  was  it  so  dark  about  nine  P.  M.,  that  in  a 
room  where  were  three  large  windows,  not  a  glimpse  of  light  could  be 
perceived  ;  no  more  than  in  a  dark  cellar." — Private  Record. 

The  remarkable  phenomenon   by  which  this  day   was  distinguished, 


152  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

o-ave  it  the  name  of  f'the  Dark  Day."     An  attempt  to  account  for  this 

O  •/  ft 

extraordinary  darkness  ma}'  be  found  in  Mass.  Hist.  Soc.  Collections,  1, 
95. 

1781. — Thomas  Michel  and  Benjamin  Smith  died  in  Halifax  in  cap- 
tivity. 

Robert  Wheelwright,  of  Cape  Ann,  is  a  prisoner  in  Mill  Prison,  Eng., 
taken  from  ship  Beaver. 

1802. — Jan.  11.  Thirty-two  prisoners  of  other  towns  are  landed 
here  sick  from  a  cartel  from  Halifax,  and  taken  care  of  by  the  selectmen, 
whose  charge  against  the  commonwealth  for  sundries  supplied  to  them 
was  £132.13.9. 

Feb.  28.  Died,  Jerusha  Woodbury,  aged  about  seventy-three,  widow 
of  Abel,  who  died  on  hoard  a  prison  ship  in  1778. 

1803. — April  23.  Died,  at  Gloucester  Alms  House,  Humphrey  Morse, 
who  came  from  Salisbury. 

1804. — Sept.  18.  In  the  storm  of  Tuesday  night,  the  Sch.  Si  card  of 
Gloucester  was  lost  near  Cohasset  Rocks,  and  all  hands  perished. 

Nov.     Died,  William  Murphy,  aged  seventjT-six. 

Dec.  18.  Died,  Rev.  Eli  Forbes,  D.D.  A  few  additional  particulars 
relating  to  the  marriage  connections  of  this  minister  may  be  here  given. 
His  first  wife  was  Mary,  not  Lucy  Parkman,  as  stated  in  the  History. 
His  marriage  to  Mrs.  Sanders,  widow  of  Hon.  Thomas  Sanders,  took 
place  Sept.  15,  1776,  and  was  not  pleasing  to  the  numerous  offspring 
already  blessing  the  home  to  which  the  bride  brought  her  new  husband ; 
but  the  union,  whether  happy  or  otherwise,  was  terminated  by  her  death 
in  June,  1780,  when  she  was  placed  by  the  side  of  her  first  husband,  in 
the  old  burying  ground.  Mr.  Forbes  was  married  to  his  third  wife, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Parsons,  Sept.  13,  1781.  She  had  had  two  previous  hus- 
bands, Dr.  Enoch  Sawyer  and  Capt.  Thomas  Parsons,  of  Newbury. 
She  died,  by  one  account,  19fh,  and  by  another,  26th  Sept.,  1792,  aged 
fifty-three.  The  bereaved  husband  was  married  to  his  fourth  wife,  Mrs. 
Lucy  Baldwin,  Nov.  13,  1793.  She  died  March  13,  1804,  aged  sixty- 
eight.  An  obituary  notice  in  the  Salem  Gazette,  of  the  20th  of  March, 
tells  the  sad  story  of  her  sickness  and  suffering,  and  mentions  the  vir- 
tues which  adorned  her  character.  Her  first  husband  was  Jeduthnn 
Baldwin  of  Brookfield,  one  of  the  first  in  that  town  to  enlist  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary war.  She  left  two  children,  both  by  her  first  husband,  one 
of  whom,  Elizabeth,  or  Betsey,  as  she  is  called  in  Dr.  Forbes'  will,  mar- 
ried Wheat  Gilbert  of  Brookfield,  and  having  been  left  a  widow,  came 


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to  Gloucester  to  reside  with  her  mother,  and  here  married  for  second 
husband  the  rich  merchant,  David  Pearce.  She  died  Dec.  6,  1823, 
aged  sixty-two,  leaving  an  only  child,  Harriet  Gilbert,  who,  as  her  liv- 
ing daughter,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Calef,  informs  me,  found  a  happy  home  in  her 
early  years,  first  in  that  of  Dr.  Forbes,  and  next  in  that  of  Mr.  Pearce. 
She  married  Capt.  John  Haskell. 

In  a  severe  northeast  gale,  this  year,  a  boat  belonging  to  Caleb  Nor- 
wood, jr.,  drifted  from  her  moorings  at  Lobster  Cove,  and  upset  near 
Gee's  Point.  Joseph  Parsons,  Bennett  Haskins  and  x\mbrose  Thurston, 
jr.,  were  drowned. 

The  three  largest  tax  payers  in  town  this  year  were  William  Pearce, 
taxed  for  $93,370  ;  David  Pearce,  for  $87,134,  and  Timothy  Rogers,  for 
$34,(376. 

1788. — Feb.  7.  The  delegates  from  the  town  to  the  convention  for 
ratifying  the  Federal  constitution,  having  returned  home,  were  invited 
to  a  generous  entertainment  provided  for  them  in  the  evening  at  Capt. 
Somes'  tavern,  by  the  principal  inhabitants  of  the  town,  as  a  testimony 
of  their  approbation  of  the  part  they  took  in  the  important  business  on 
which  they  had  acted,  and  to  give  a  social  opportunity  to  reciprocate 
congratulations  on  the  decisions  which  had  taken  place. 

September  11.  Capt.  Daniel  Pearce  presented  to  the  Gloucester  ar- 
tillery a  very  elegant  stand  of  colors,  with  the  insignia  of  peace  obtained 
by  the  sword,  being  an  Indian  at  full  length  enclosed  in  a  laurel  wreath, 
ovate,  crest,  an  arm  with  a  drawn  sword;  motto:  " Ense petit placidam 
sub  liherlate  quietem;"  on  the  reverse,  two  cannon  with  column,  and 
this  motto  :  "Stat  immeatum  aut  impela  pron-edit."  The  company  re- 
ceived the  flag  at  Mr.  Pearce's  house,  where  they  partook  of  an  ample  and 
generous  refreshment  at  his  invitation. 

September.  A  new  dwelling  house,  almost  complete,  belonging  to 
Mr.  Daniel  Knight,  then  absent  at  the  Banks,  was  consumed  by  tire. 
Through  the  charity  and  efforts  of  C.  Pearce,  another  house  was  erected 
on  the  same  spot  and  given  to  the  sufferer. 

1790. — A  state  tax  of  £239  10s.  3d.  was  apportioned  to  the  several 
parishes  of  the  town,  as  follows  :  First  Parish,  West  Ward,  £74  lis. 
lid.  ;  East  Ward,  £65  lis.  6d.  ;  Second  Parish,  £23  Is.  lid.  ;  Third 
Parish,  £24  15s.  lOd.  ;  Fourth  Parish,  £23  14s.  6d.  ;  Fifth  Parish,  £25 
14s.  7d. 

Sept.  30.      Madam  Jaques,    widow  of  Rev.   Richard  J.tcques,  died, 
aged  eighty-eight  years. 
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1792. A  small   boat,  bound  from  Sandy  Bay  to  Salem,  was  lost  on 

Milk  Island  bar  this  year,  by  which   accident  Daniel  Young  and  Isaac- 
Jacobs  were  drowned. 

1795. — Dec.  20.  Died,  Solomon  Gorham,  aged  forty-seven.  He 
was  a  son  of  Col.  John  Gorham,  of  Barnstable,  and  came  to  Glouces- 
ter with  his  mother  on  her  marriage  to  Col.  John  Stevens  of  this  town. 
He  married  here,  Nov.  29,  1772,  Sarah  Giddings,  who  survived  him. 
The  records  give  him  one  child,  a  daughter  Judith,  who  married  Sewall 
Lancaster,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Lancaster  of  Scarborough,  Me.,  and 
died  here  Dec.  20,  1864,  aged  eighty. 

1797. — Sept.  23.  A  Cape  Ann  fishing  boat  with  three  men  attempted 
to  go  over  Newbury  bar  just  before  low  water,  but  was  drifted  into  the 
breakers  when  she  rilled,  and  two  of  the  men  were  drowned.  The  other, 
after  being  in  the  water  two  hours,  was  taken  up  by  a  boat  sent  out  by 
persons  who  had  witnessed  the  disaster. 

Dee.  15.  Ship  Renown,  Capt.  Burns,  from  St.  Johns,  N.  F.,  for 
Boston,  was  wrecked  on  Milk  Island.  The  crew  got  on  shore,  but  the 
captain  was  drowned  while  making  an  ineffectual  attempt  to  secure  some 
of  the  property. 

1798. — William  Fears,  John  Elwell,  son  of  John,  and  Isaac,  son  of 
Zebulon  Elwell,  were  washed  overboard  this  year  in  a  gale  of  wind, 
from  a  schooner  commanded  by  Capt.  William  Allen,  coming  from  the 
Banks. 

1805. — Feb.  died,  about  the  first  of  this  month,  Capt.  Benjamin 
Somes,  the  same  who  kept  the  tavern  on  Front  street  for  many  years  ; 
April, widow  Eunice  Haskell,  aged  about  eighty;  Aug.  20,  Daniel  No- 
ble, lost  at  sea;  Sept.  14,  Mary  Ellery,  aged  seventy  ;  Nov.,  Enoch 
Boynton,  aged  about  seventy-eight. 

1806.— Jan.  lo,  died,  Naomi  Gilbert,  aged  seventy-eight;  19,  Mr. 
Atkins,  aged  eighty  ;  April,  Aaron  Stanwood,  drowned  at  sea  ;  May  5, 
Mary  Gardner,  aged  seventy-hve  ;  2 (i,  Joseph  Griffin,  fell  overboard  on 
his  passage  from  Europe  and  was  drowned  ;  Nov.  9,  Thomas  Jeffs,  aged 
seventy-eight  :  13.  Joseph  Millet,  aged  seventy-seven;  23,  Daniel  Par- 
sons, aged  seventy-three  :  Dee.  10.  Elizabeth  Andrews,  aged  ninety- 
two. 

1807. — Felt.  15,  died,  Mary  Kowe,  aged  ninety-one:  Feb.,  Samuel 
Clark,  jr.,  fell  from  the  yardarm  of  a  ship  in  the  Gulf  Stream  and  was 
drowned,  aged  twenty:  March  12,  Elizabeth  Gordon,  aged  seventy: 
May  1,  Susanna  Elwell,  aged  eighty-four :  5,  Mary  Lane,  aged  eighty- 
seven;  July  21.  Capt.  Coas  Gardner,  aged  about  sixty-four. 


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1808. — March  17,  died,  Abigail  Glover,  aged  seventy:  Nov.  6,  Sa- 
rah Elwell,  aged  eighty-four;  Joseph  Juniper  was  drowned  this  year 

by  tailing  out  of  a  boat,  two  miles  from  Halibut  Point,  aged  about 
twenty-three. 

1809. — Jan.  14,  died,  Mr.  Grover,  aged  eighty  ;  Feb.  16,  Eliza- 
beth Parsons,  aged  eighty;  Aug.  HI,  Deacon  Stephen  Haskell,  aged 
about  seventy-three. 

1810.— Jan.  10,  the  day  of  which  tradition  still  tells  as  the  "■  Cold 
Friday,"  Rachel  Pool  of  Sandy  Bay,  housekeeper  for  her  aged  grand- 
father, Caleb  Norwood,  after  she  had  built  a  tire  in  the  morning,  had 
occasion  to  go  out  of  doors  a  few  moments,  and  upon  her  return  was  so 
chilled  that  she  went  to  the  tire  to  warm  herself,  and  immediately  fell 
forward  into  the  flames.  She  soon  got  upon  her  feet  again  but  her  eyes 
were  so  badly  burned  that  she  was  ever  afterwards  blind.  She  was 
about  twenty  years  old. 

1  March  9,  died  William  Taylor,  aged  seventy-five;  Aug.  24,  Mary 
Tarr,  aged  ninety-four;  Mary  Davis,  aged  eighty-live  ;  Oct.  19,  Sarah 
Wallace,  aged  eighty  ;  May  3,  Joseph  Haraden,  deacon  of  the  Third 
church,  was  buried. 

1811. — Sept.  Died,  Eldad  Prindall.  He  and  Keturah  Smith  were 
married  in  1768.  She  died  July  31,  1825,  aged  seventy-six.  He  left 
sons  Eliakson  and  Daniel,  both  of  whom  had  families  in  Gloucester. 
Eliakson,  born  Aug.  23,  1769,  died  in  Dedham  woods,  by  suicide,  Nov. 
9,  1823.     An  Olive  Prindall  died  in  May,  1806. 

Dec.  9.      Died,  widow  Mary  Woodbury,  aged  eighty-four. 

1812. — Sept.  Died,  widow  Ann  Hough,  aged  eighty-five.  Benja- 
min Hough  {Hist.  562)  was  her  son.  She  also  had  a  son  Ebenezer 
who  came  to  Gloucester  when  quite  young,  and  entered  upon  a  seafaring- 
life.  He  sailed  upon  a  foreign  voyage  in  command  of  a  vessel,  and  was 
never  heard  from  after  leaving  home.  This  occurred,  probably,  about 
1792,  as  his  widow,  was  appointed  administratrix  of  his  estate  July  1, 
1798.  He  had  three  daughters,  Anna  Watts,  Eliza  Plummer  and  Mary 
Sanders.  The  widow  Ann  Hough  also  had  a  daughter  Hannah,  who 
married  Capt.  Wm.  Reddin.  He  died  at  sea,  of  small-pox,  about  1801, 
leaving  a  son  and  daughter,  still  living.  Another  daughter  of  the 
widow  Ann,  Betsey,  married  James  Saw}rer  in  1786. 

Half  a  township  of  land,  granted  by  the  General  Court  for  building 
a  harbor  at  Pigeon  Cove,  was  sold  at  auction  in  Boston,  this  year,  for 
twenty  cents  an  acre. 

1813. — March  7.     Died  or  was  buried,  Mrs.  Mary,  widow  of  Col. 


156  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Peter  Coffin,  aged  ninety-one.  The  only  son  of  Col.  Coffin's  son  Peter 
that  married,  was  Charles,  who  is  said  to  have  left  a  widow  and  two 
sons  in  Baltimore,  Md. 

Oct.  31.  Died  in  Freeport,  Me.,  Zebulon  Lnfkin,  aged  ninety-one. 
He  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  Lnfkin  of  Gloucester,  and  here  married, 
July  22,  1745,  Sarah  Haskell,  by  whom  he  had  seven  sons  and  three 
daughters.  He  removed  to  Freeport,  probably  about  1780,  with  four 
sons,  Aaron,  Benjamin,  Joseph  and  Samuel,  all  of  whom  died  in  Unit 
town.  Joseph  was  a  shipmaster  and  acquired  wealth.  He  was  much 
esteemed  by  his  fellow  townsmen,  who  elected  him  selectman,  treasurer, 
and  representative.     He  died  May  20,  1835,  aged  seventy-eight. 

James  Robinson  and  James  Morgan,  soldiers  in  the  U.  S.  army,  died 
in  Vermont,  this  year. 

1814. — April  25.  Arrived  boat  Ograbme,  31  days  from  Elizabeth 
City,  N.  C. ,  and  with  Capt.  Pew,  Capt.  Sargent  and  others,  who  left 
their  vessels  on  account  of  the  embargo  and  came  home  in  an  open 
boat,  a  distance  of  1000  miles,  hauling  their  way,  fifty-six  miles,  across 
capes  and  headlands. 

June.  A  committee  made  a  report  to  the  town  on  the  growth  of  in- 
temperance, in  which  they  recommended  an  enforcement  of  the  license 
laws,  and  the  appointment  of  a  committee  of  twenty-five  citizens  to  give 
notice  and  inform  of  all  who  should  sell  ardent  spirit  contrary  to  the 
laws  of  the  Commonwealth. 

1815. — Jan.  7,  Thomas  Bennet,  drowned  at  sea;  James  Babson, 
drowned;  March,  Nathaniel  Dodge,  aged  about  seventy-eight ;  April 
13,  Widow  Davis,  aged  eighty-five;  July,  Miss  Preston,  aged  ninety- 
four;  December,  widow  Sarah  Haskell,  about  eighty-five. 

1821. — May.  Ebenezer  Davis,  a  boy  twelve  years  of  age,  was  killed 
in  'Squam  woods  with  an  axe  by  Gorham  Parsons,  a  lad.  Parsons,  as 
soon  as  he  found  he  had  fatally  wounded  the  boy,  carried  him  on  his 
shoulder  out  of  the  woods  to  Squam  Hill.  Two  young  girls  were  near 
at  the  time,  but  becoming  frightened  they  ran  home.  An  inquest  was 
held,  and  a  verdict  was  given  that  Parsons  had  accidentally  killed  the 
boy,  but  on  further  examination  of  the  body,  next  day,  they  found 
wounds  on  the  back,  which  convinced  the  jury  that  it  was  a  wilful  mur- 
der. Parsons  was  tried  for  the  crime  at  Newburyport,  and  acquitted, 
lie  was  afterwards  heard  to  say  that  he  was  tired  of  carrying  the  boy 
on  his  back,  and  one  night  told  a  shipmate  on  board  of  a  vessel  in  which 
they  were  employed  that  he  could  not  carry  the  boy  any  longer.  The 
next  morning  he  was  missing,  as  was  also  a  small  grindstone,  from  which 


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it  was  concluded  that  he  had  jumped  overboard  in    the  night  with  the 
grindstone  for  a  sinker. 

Dec.  8.  Died  at  Squam,Mrs.  Elizabeth  Day,  daughter  of  Rev.  Benj. 
Bradstrect,  aged  eighty. 

This  year  Samuel  L.  Clark,  Henry  Blatchford,  jr.,  and  Allen  (loss 
were  lost  with  their  boat  on  or  near  Cashes  Ledge. 

Collector  John  Dennis,  for  diligence,  perseverance  and  punctuality, 
in  collecting  and  paying  in  the  last  year's  large  tax,  $4855.16,  within 
the  prescribed  time,  with  the  small  abatement  of  $63.14,  has  the  thanks 
of  the  town,  and  the  selectmen  are  authorized  to  present  him  a  hat  of 
the  value  of  seven  dollars. 

1823. — Oct.  14.  John  Langsford  fell  from  a  fishing  boat  on  Jeffries' 
Ledge,  and  was  drowned. 

21.  Amos  Phelps,  jr.,  fell  from  a  vessel,  off  Portsmouth  lighthouse, 
and  was  drowned. 

Nov.  20.      Died,  Nabby  Hadley,  aged  seventy. 

Nov.  Joshua  Clark,  jr. ,  and  Daniel  Donahew  were  drowned.  They 
were  bound  to  the  North  Shore  in  a  fishing  boat,  after  wool,  and  were 
upset  near  Halibut  Point. 

Dec.  Capt.  Henry  White,  a  native  of  Litchfield,  N.  H.,  died,  aged 
eighty-three.  He  served  several  years  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and 
was  an  officer.    His  wife  was  Esther  Annis,  of  Lane's  Cove. 

1824. — Feb.  23.  .  Mary  Foster  died,  aged  ninety-nine  years  and  five 
months  ;  Oct.,  David  Haskell  died,  aged  about  eighty. 

Dec.  11.  William  Lambert,  who  had  just  come  from  Rowley  to 
Squam   to  keep  school,  died  suddenly  of  apoplexy. 

1825. — May  23,  died,  Betty  Rowe,  aged  eighty-four;  Dec.  11, 
Ephraim  Davis,  aged  eighty-five. 

1833. — March,  died,  Mrs.  Tammy,  widow  of  Isaac  El  well,  aged 
ninety-two.  April  1,  Samuel  Sargent,  aged  eighty-four;  May  1,  Mrs. 
Lydia  Hale,  aged  ninety  ;  in  Boston,  Charles  Thacher,  Esq.,  merchant, 
a  survivor  of  the  wreck  of  ship  Howard,  on  Eastern  Point,  in  1804 
(a  poor  woman  on  the  Point,  who  took  him  into  her  house  on  the  night 
of  the  shipwreck,  received  from  him  every  year  afterwards,  during  her 
life,  a  barrel  of  flour  in  acknowledgment  of  her  kindness  to  him). 
June  17,  Widow  Mary  Plummer,  aged  ninety.  August,  Mrs.  Esther 
Leighton,  aged  seventy-four;  Dorcas  El  well,  aged  seventy-three  ;  25, 
Thomas  Rowe,  aged  eighty-four.  Sept.,  Mrs.  Lucy  Baily,  aged  sev- 
enty-seven. 

1834. — January,  died,  Anne  Bray,  aged  eighty-one.     March,  Mrs. 


158  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER  : 

Elizabeth  Day,  aged  eighty-five  ;  Mrs.  Mary  El  well,  aged  seventy-eight. 
June,  Mrs.  Mary  Beach,  aged  eighty-four,  widow  of  Capt.  John  Beach. 
July,  Capt.  Isaac  Collins,  a  revolutionary  soldier,  aged  seventy-eight. 
December,  Mrs.  Hannah  Knight,  aged  eighty-nine. 

1835. — January,  died,  Matthew  Aiken,  aged  eighty  ;  Josiah  Cur- 
rier, aged  eighty-six.  February,  Mrs.  Jemima  Allen,  aged  seventy- 
six.  March  11,  Henry  Davis,  a  revolutionary  patriot,  aged  eighty-nine. 
May,  Robert  Kowe,  aged  seventy  six  ;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Emerton,  aged 
eighty  ;  Job  Tarr,  a  revolutionary  patriot,  aged  seventy-nine  ;  Daniel 
Herriek,  aged  eighty-four.  June,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Shaftoo,  aged  eighty- 
five  ;  Adoniram  Choate,  aged  seventy-three.  July  8,  Capt.  John  Burns, 
Quincy,  Illinois,  aged  sixty-nine.  August,  Mrs.  Martha  Webber,  aged 
seventy-four;  Mrs.  Abigail  Sargent,  aged  eighty.  September,  Mrs. 
Polly  Butman,  aged  eighty.  October,  Mrs.  Lucy  Sargent,  aged  sev- 
enty-seven.  -  December,  Mrs.  Lydia  Haraden,  aged  seventy-four. 

1736.— January,    died,    P^llis    (or    Elias)    Cook,    aged   eighty-two. 
March,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stevens,  aged  seventy-two;  Levi  Sanborn, aged 
about  seventy  ;  Daniel  Thurston,  aged  seventy-six.      April,  widow  Abi- 
gail Ellis,  aged  seventy-eight.     June,  Mrs.  Sally  Sargent,  aged  seventy- 
two.     August,  Nehemiah  Parsons,  aged  seventy-six  ;  Pliny  H.  Davison, 
Aged  seventy.    September,  Mrs.  Betsey  Saville,  aged  seventy-two  ;  28th, 
in  Minot,  Me.,  Mrs.   Mary  Prince,  aged  ninety-nine  years,  and  eleven 
months.     Her  husband,  Capt.  John  Prince,  was  one  of  the  earliest  set- 
tlers at  New  Gloucester,  Me.,  where  he  died  about  1813.     She  was 
probably  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Haskell,  born  December  20,  1730. 
She  had  a  daughter,  Mary,  born  in  the  old  town  Aug.  20,  1758,  and  a 
son  John,  born  in  the  new,  Jan.   20,   1761.     October,  Mrs.  Sarah  F. 
Dolliver,  aged  seventy-four.     November,  Esther  Cartel-,  aged  eighty- 
one.     December,  widow  Hannah  Andrews,  aged  eighty-four. 
1747 .—August  24,  died,  Daniel  Smith,  aged  fifty-four. 
1748. — May  4,  died,  Mrs.    Mary,  wife  of  Deacon  John  Low,  aged 
forty.     The  following  is  inscribed  on  her  gravestone  :  "Favour  is  deceit- 
ful and  beauty  vain,  but  a  woman  that  feareth  the  Lord,  she  shall  be 
praised." 

1748. — November  3,  died,  Samuel  Gott  {Hist.  239)  who  was,  with- 
out doubt,  a  grandson  of  Charles  Gott  who  came  to  Salem  in  1628  and 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  that  town  and  of  Wenliain,  to  which  place 
he  removed  about  1653.  He  died  there  January  15,  1668,  leaving  a 
son  Charles,  who  died  in  AVenham  February  11,  1708,  about  sixty  years 
old.      In  a  deed  of  August  2,  1697,  the  latter  gave  land  in  Wenhani  to 


TC\RLY    RECORDS.  159 

"loving  konne  Samuel  Gott,"  but  no  record  of  the  birth  or  baptism  of 
this  son  has  been  found.  The  Wenham  records  have  the  intention  of 
marriage  of  Samuel  Gott  of  that  town  and  Margaret  Andrews  of  Ipswich, 
June  26,  161)7.  They  had  a  son  Samuel  and  a  daughter  Prudence,  born 
probably  before  their  removal  to  Gloucester,  and  the  following  born 
here  :  Daniel,  born  .March  2S,  1703  ;  Stephen,  April  2,  1705  :  Margaret, 
October,  20,  1706:  Charles,  August  15,  1709;  Lydia,  November  6, 
1711,  died  December  20,  1717:  William,  April  17,  1715;  Nathaniel, 
November  2,  1717,  died  June  20,  1720  ;  Lydia,  January  28,  1719,  died 
( >ctober  22,  1722,  and  the  mother  died  eight  days  after.  By  his  second 
wife  Samuel  Gott  had  Joseph  and  Benjamin,  born  August  13,  1725; 
and  Bethany,  September,  29,  1727.  It  appears  by  the  town  records 
that  live  of  the  sons  of  Samuel  Gott  married  and  had  children,  but  the 
only  one  whose  end  is  known  is  Joseph,  who  married  Deliverance  Pool, 
and  died  April  30,  1755.  She  died  September  3,  1800,  aged  seventy- 
three.  Their  son  Joshua  died  in  the  old  homestead  at  Halibut  Point, 
March  22,  1846,  in  his  ninety-second  year.  An  Aimer  Gott  died  De- 
cember 12,  1809,  aged  about  seventy. 

1753. — Died,  Hannah,  wife  of  Job  Stanwood,  aged  twenty-four.  July 
22,  died,  Mrs.  Rachel,  wife  of  Capt.  John  Stevens,  aged  forty-two. 

1760. — October  21,  Ebenezer  Davis,  son  of  Abraham  Davis,  fell 
overboard  out  of  a  schooner  belonging  to  Daniel  Gibbs,  Esq.,  and  was 
drowned. 

1761. — June  1,  died,  Mrs.  Jemima,  wife  of  Deacon  William  Haskell, 
in  her  seventy-seventh  year. 

1765. — The  families  of  Joseph  and  John  Stanwood,  grandsons  of  the 
first  John,  had  removed  to  Newbury,  from  which  town  they  were  warned 
out  this  year. 

1769. — December  14.  died,  in  the  second  parish,  "old  Mary  Stan- 
wood/* 

1771. — Died,  Ebenezer  Haskell,  of  old  age. 

1772. — July  12,  died,  Mary,  wife  of  Abraham  Davis,  in  her  sixtieth 
year. 

1773. — May  22,  Ebenezer  Tarbox  died,  aged  seventy-three.  An 
Ebenezer,  his  son  probably,  died  of  small  pox  in  1764,  aged  about  thir- 
ty-six. 

1778. — October  14,  died,  Mrs.  Hannah,  relict  of  James  Davis,  Est]., 
aged  sixty-three. 

1793. — February  13,  died,  Dorcas  Haskell,  aged  about  eighty. 

1802. — November,  died,  Mary  Haskell,  aged  over  eighty. 


160  HISTORY    OF    GLOUCESTER: 

1^37. — Jan.  n,  died,  Nathaniel  Haskell,  aged  eighty-two*;  Febru- 
ary, Mrs.  Susan  Coas,  aged  seventy-eight;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Elwell,aged 
seventy.  March,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Dowsett,  aged  ninety-four;  Mrs.  Sa- 
rah Brown,  aged  seventy-one.  July,  Mrs.  Hadlock,  aged  ninety-two. 
September,  Widow  Lucy  Pool,  aged  eighty-seven.  October,  Judith 
Millet,  aged  seventy-eight. 

1838. — January,  died,  Jerusha  Morgan,  aged  seventy-three;  Cyrus 
Stevens,  aged  sixty-nine.  February,  Mrs.  Hannah  Merchant,  aged 
eighty  ;  Feb.  20,  Mrs.  Susanna  Withani,  aged  ninety-four.  April,  Mrs. 
Rebecca  Haskell,  aged  seventy-eight.  June,  Mrs.  Sarah  Davis,  aged 
about  eighty-four;  Mrs.  Anna,  widow  of  David  Burnham,  aged  ninety- 
six.  September,  Ruth  Haskell,  eighty-one.  November,  Lydia  Has- 
kell, aged  eighty-three  ;  Nov.  24,  Abigail  Stevens,  aged  eighty-live. 
December,  Mrs.  Mary  Whittemore,  aged  seventy-six. 

1839. — January,  died,  Capt.  Jos.  Smith,  aged  seventy  ;  Mr.  Asa 
Pea  body,  aged  seventy-five.  March,  Mrs.  Anne  Ro  we,  aged  eighty- 
two.  April,  Mrs.  Molly,  widow  of  Edward  Gerring,  aged  eighty-six. 
May,  Mrs.  Sarah  Parsons,  aged  eighty.  August  1,  Winthrop  Sargent 
a  revolutionary  pensioner,  aged  seventy-seven;  Daniel  Bray,  aged  sev- 
enty-two. 

1840. — March  4,  died,  in  Rock  port,  Zebulon  Witham,  aged  seventy- 
four.  April,  Mrs.  Tammy  Allen,  aged  eighty-four;  April  2,  Fast 
Day,  Peter  Stillman,  jr. ,  about  forty-live  years  old,  accidentally  shot 
himself  while  gunning.  June  3,  Mrs.  Lucy  Sweet,  aged  eighty-three. 
September  14,  Mrs.  Anna  Chard,  aged  seventy-two.  October  31, 
Mrs.  Ruth  Herrick,  aged  eighty-nine. 

1709. — July  19,  Samuel  Cane,  or  Card,  died. 

1711. — John  Reading,  by  wife  Jane,  had  son  Benjamin,  born  June  9, 
and  a  daughter  Deliverance,  April  23,  1716.  He  died  Nov.  7,  same 
year,  and  his  widow  married  Richard  Babson,  Oct.  14,  1718. 

1712.— Feb.  25,  Edmund  Caton  died  at  Stephen  Rowe's. 

1714. — Joseph  Greley,  by  wife  Elizabeth,  had  Andrew,  born  March 
17,  and  Joseph,  Oct.  8,  1715. 

171G._Thomas  Harris  (241,  338,)  had  probably  lived  at  Pigeon 
Hill  a  few  years  when  his  son  Benjamin,  by  wife  Mary,  was  born  June 
6,  1716.  This  son  died  September  21,  1726,  and  his  only  other  child 
on  record  is  a  daughter  Hannah,  born  October  26,  1720.  Thomas  Har- 
ris, jr.,  his  son,  without  doubt,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Joshua 
Norwood  October  2,  1727,  who  bore  him  nine  daughters  and  two  sons, 
neither  of  whom  lived  to  perpetuate  the   name.      Samuel   Harris  was 


EARLY    RECORDS.  161 

probably  another  son  of  Thomas's  son.  He  married  Elizabeth  Sargent, 
June  6,  1737. 

Hugh  Stone  appears  in  town  this  year,  and  had  Hannah,  born  August 

4,  1716  ;  Thomas  and  Dorothy,  July  5,  1719  ;  and  Elizabeth,  February 

5,  1724.  In  December,  1746,  the  town  paid  John  Roberts  23  shillings 
for  digging  his  grave.  A  Nath'l  Stone  died  June  20,  1716,  aged  twenty- 
two. 

Thomas  Finson  and  Mar)',  daughter  of  John  Lane,  were  married 
December  6.  His  children  were  Mary,  born  July  23,  1718;  Thomas, 
July  16,  1720;  Ambrose,  baptized  April  7,  1723;  and  Elizabeth,  born 
February  1,  1725.  The  marriage  of  the  son  Thomas  is  not  found,  but 
it  appears  that  he  had  a  wife  Sarah,  and  three  children  at  least,  Thomas 
and  Tammy  baptized  at  the  Fifth  church,  August  21,  1757,  and  Jerusha, 
April  19,  1760.  It  is  said  that  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Maine. 
Ambrose  Finson  died  Feb.  1,  1806,  "upward  of  eighty." 

1717. — The  four  children  of  Nathaniel  Durin  (Hist.  245)  were 
Nathaniel,  born  May  14,  1718;  Hannah,  September  28,  1720;  Moses, 
July  17,  1723  ;  and  Jonathan  May  5,  1725. 

1718. — November,  Stephen  Burns  was  drowned  at  the  eastward. 
Nov.  1,  John  Cotterill  was  drowned  from  a  canoe  in  the  harbor. 

1720. — James  Croxford,  by  wife  Mary,  had  son  William,  born  Au- 
gust 27. 

John  Cummings  and  wife  Sarah  (Lufkin,  perhaps,)  appear  this  year, 
and  had  Grace,  born  August  27,  1720,  and  Jemima,  March  25,  1744. 

James  Condis  had  daughter  Mary  born  this  year. 

1723. — Francis  Bloyd  and  Jane  Macphedris  were  married  Nov.  7. 

William,  Nov.  7,  1725,  and  Mary,  May  7,  1727,  children  of  Francis 
Blythe,  were  baptized  at  the  second  church. 

1731. — April  13,  John  Goodridge,  of  Cape  Ann,  died  in  Weymouth, 
Mass. 

1738. — Jonathan  Haskell  was  lost  at  sea  on  a  fishing  voyage. 

1742. —October  23,  died  Mrs.  Hannah,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Cist,  aged 
eighty-two. 

1743. — About  this  time  died,  in  Weymouth,  Mass.,  William,  son  of 
the  first  William  Sargent  of  Gloucester,  about  eighty-five  years  old.  He 
removed  thither  with  his  wife  Hannah  and  several  children,  and  there 
married  a  second  and  a  third  wife.  By  all  of  his  wives  he  had  fourteen 
children,  of  whom  were  eight  daughters  that  were  married. 

1745. — November  28,  died  Mary,  wife  of  Solomon  Davis,  in  the  44th 
year  of  her  age. 
18 


APPENDIX. 


INDEX  TO  PART  I. 

Index  to  names  and  places  contained  in  PART  I,  of  Notes  and  Additions  to  the  History 
of  Gloucester,  by  John  J.  Babson. 

The  families  noticed  in  full  by  Mr.  Babson  are  italicized  in  the  index.  The  arrange- 
ment is  alphabetical  only  so  far  as  the  first  two  letters. 


Abbott,  14. 

Adams,  13,  19,  60,  61,  82. 

Africa,  92. 

Allen  fam.,  1-4. 

Allen,  2,  3,  4,  7,   12,  15,  20,  36,  37,  39,  42, 

46,  54,  55,  61,  62,  67,  73,  78,  79,  87,  91. 
Albany,  50. 
Aid  rich,  93. 
Alphington,  49. 
Amory,  2. 
America,  30,   47. 
Amsterdam,  30. 
Amesbury,  73,  75,  94. 
Andrews  fam.,  4-5. 
Andrews,  5,   16,  27,  31,  44,  49,  55,  69,  73, 

80,  85. 
Auuisquam,  32,  46,  54,  69,  89,  90. 
Anclover,  35,  37. 
Antigua,  53. 
Annis,  63. 

Androscoggin  River,  90. 
Arizona,  54. 
Ashley,  5. 
Ashby,  42. 
Ashbury,  63. 
Ashprington,  49. 
Atwell,  22. 
Atlantic,  27. 
Attleborough,  36. 
Augusta,  26. 
Austin,  92. 
Averill,  10,  40. 
Avery,  27. 
Ayres,  11,  45,  54,  88. 

Baker,  3,  6,  35,  43,  53,  65,  88,  93. 


Battle  of  the  Wilderness,  3. 

Barrett,  4. 

Babson  fam.,  5-8. 

Babson,  6,  7,  8,  12,  24,  32,  34,38,  45,  47, 

69,  85,  86,  87,  94. 
Babbitt,  7. 
Batchelder,  46. 
Batavia,  54. 
Ballard,  56. 
Bangor,  94. 
Badger,  63. 
Batting.  64. 
Barnstable.  7'.» 
Balston,  80. 
Barber,  16,  81. 
Barbadoes,  13,  77,  92. 
Baltimore,  20,  92. 
Bennet.  3,  4,  8,  26,  37,  38. 
Bennett  fam.,  8-9. 
Bennett,  8,  9,  15,  51,  74. 
Beverly,  6,  7,  8,   11,  25,  34,  46,  60,  62,  80, 

89,  90,  93. 
Berkshire  Co.,  9. 
Beach,  12,  67,  83. 
Beaman,  19. 
Becket,  43. 
Beck,  53. 
Belfast,  52. 
Bear  Skin  Neck,  57. 
Beal,  80. 
Biscoe  Is.,  9. 
Bilboa,  13. 
Bishop,  22,  69. 
Biddeford,  2s . 
Biskey  Is.,  54. 
Biles.  62. 

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APPENDIX. 


Biskie  Is.,  90. 

Blake,  4. 

Blue  Hill,  93. 

Blynman,  9,  45. 

Blackwell,  74. 

Boston,  2,  3,  14,  15,  20,  22,  25,  27,  29,  33, 
39,  50,  52,  54,  55,  56,  59,  69,  71,  72,  73, 
74,  76,  77,  78,  79,  85,  8C,  88,  91,  92. 

Bootman,  11,  33,  52,  87. 

Boden,  14. 

Bofee,  17. 

Bond,  68,  93. 
Bonner,  92. 

Boyd,  18. 

Boynton,  23,  47,  65,  69. 

Boothbay,  49. 

Boreman,  58. 

Bowdoin,  50. 

Boaman,  92. 

Boxford,  64. 

Bridge,  2. 

Bray  fam.,  9-10. 

Bray,  4,  36,  37,  52,  68,  70,  72,  74,  85,  90. 

Bristol,  5,  6,  8,  12,  19,  49,  82. 

Brooklin,  8. 

Brookline,  79. 

Brown  fam.,  10-11. 

Brown,  7,  11,  12,  13,  15.  22,  24,  42,  48,  65, 

71,  84,  85. 
Bragg,  26. 
Brooks,  31. 
Bradstreet,  33,  70. 
Bradford,  34. 
Bricknell,  39. 
Brewer,  39. 
Bridgewater,  44,  46. 
Brookfield,  45. 
Brown  University,  58. 
Brentwood,  60. 
Brunswick,  75. 
lira  (I  bury,  78. 
Bragg,  91. 
Butman  fain.,  11. 
Batman,  6,  11,  13,  34,  78,  91. 
Burnham,  12,  18,  37,  55,  56,  61. 
Bunker  Hill,  14,  46,  51,  52,  57,  65. 
Burt,  19. 
Bullard,  92. 
Burgoyne,  23. 
Bunker,  45. 
Butler,  74. 


Bijles  fam.,  11. 

Byles,  18,  27,  45.  62,  74. 

Byfield,  35,  55,  56. 

Canneby,21,  60. 

Gary,  25. 

Cape  Porpoise,  26,  39. 

Carlisle,  29,  94. 

Cape  Ann,  8,  13,  29,  30,  33,  34,  42,  47,  5G, 

59,  68,  80,  89,  91. 
Cambridge,  29,  50,  56,  72. 
Carleton,  36. 
Capesick,  39. 

Casco  Bay,  16,  25,  40,  46,  63,  70,  84. 
Campbell,  49,  86. 
Cape  Sable,  55. 
Caswell,  58. 
Cashe's  Ledge,  61. 
Camden,  71. 
California,  12,  74. 
Cape  Cod,  81. 
Carolina.  82. 
Cape  Pond  Brook,  8. 
Carter,  8,  18. 
Casey,  19,  91. 
Canso,  15. 
Card  fam.,  11-12. 
Card,  12,  67,  75,  80,  81,  85,  91. 
Carey,  91. 

Chebacco  Parish,  5.  , 

Chebacco,  26,  29,  30,  32,  33,  42,  44,  71. 
Chickering,  33. 
Charlestown,  8,  40,  72,  78,  93. 
Charleston,  43. 
Charles  II,  47,  73,  76. 
Chanuing,  19. 
Champlin,  19. 
Chelsea.  8,  41.  93. 
Choate,  7.  37,  56. 
Chandler,  2.  6,  14,  52,  57,  69,  78,  79,  92, 

93. 
Clark,  5,  9.  10.  35,  51,  64,  69,  74,  82,  90. 
Clarke  fam..    12. 
Clarke.  29. 
Cleavelancl,  59. 
Clongh,  82,  85, 
Clowlin,  82. 
Cleigh,  87. 
Copley,  2,  79,  91. 
Coit,  2,  32,  45,  61,  66,  77,  78,  84. 
( !onant,  6. 


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Cook,  9,  14,  24,  83. 

Collet,  12. 

Coffin  fam.,  12-13. 

Collins  fam.,  13-14. 

Collins,  21,  24,  29,  37,  54,  60,  61,  64,  72,  73, 

81. 
Colman,  23,  56,  64. 
Coe,  60. 
Cotton,  61. 
Corliss,  69. 
Coas,  28,  71. 
Cooper,  82. 
Connolly,  86. 
Conn,  38,  92. 
Comrnins,  43. 
Cogswell,  44,  51,  52. 
Cornwall,  44,  92. 
Coldam,  48. 
Crowell,  17,  28. 
Crown  Point,  60. 
('ripple  Cove,  70. 
Cripple  Cove  Hill,  70. 
Cross,  21. 
Crosses,  34. 
Cressy,  51. 
Curtis,  5. 
Cue,  6. 

Curney  fam.,  14. 
Curney,  65. 

Cunningham,  16,  20,  87. 
Cumey,  65. 
Cummings,  36. 


Davis  fam.,  14-17. 

Davis,  2,  3,  4,   11,   12,    15,   16,   17,  24,  29, 

30,  32,  33,  35,  36,  37,  40,  42,  44,  45,  47, 

48,  51,  55,  57,  58,  60,  62,  64,  66,  69,  70. 

71,  72,  74,  75,  78,  80,  81,  83,  87,  88,  91. 
Day  fam.,  17-18. 
Day,  17,   18,  21,  30,  33,  36,  40,  41,  43,  44, 

46,  51,  63,  65,  6Q,  73,  79,  84,  86,  87,  90. 
Dana,  23. 

Dartmouth,  23,  49. 
Davison,  24. 
Danville,  30. 
Dane,  56. 
Danvers,  66. 
Denning  fam.,  18. 
Denning,  17,  27,  83. 
Dennen,  18. 
Deunison,  36. 


Denuey,  84. 

Dedhani,  43. 

Devon,  49. 

Demerit,  62. 

Despar,  72. 

Diggs,  5. 

Dixie,  34. 

Dickinson,  64. 

Dover,  9.  61.  90. 

Dole,  12. 

Donham,  13. 

Dolliver,  16,  21,  28,  55,  69.  84. 

Dorchester,  21,  45. 

Downing,  23,  43. 

Dodge,  34,  53,  60,  82. 

Dover  Neck,  45. 

Dow,  79. 

Dresser,  80. 

Dublin,  9. 

Dummer,  29. 

Duncan,  14,  33,  94. 

Durin,  93. 

Dudley,  24. 

Dutch,  38,  90. 

Durham,  45,  79. 

Dutua.  78. 

Durgee,  50. 

Dyer,  23. 

Eastern  Point,  1,  6,  22,  28,  40,  63,  66,  70, 

79,  82,  93,  94. 
East  Sudbury,  2. 
East  Gloucester,  52. 
Eastport,  93. 
Edgar,  11,  20. 
Edgerly,  18. 
Elwell  fam.,  21-25. 
Ehvell,  5,  6,  7,  10,   14,   17,  20,  22,  23,  24, 

25,  28,  29,  30,  31,   36,  45,  50,58,  59,  60, 

62,  65,  75,  78,  82,  83,  91,  93. 
Ellery  Cove,  18. 
Ellery  fam.,  18-21. 
Ellery,  1,  19,  20,  21,  43,  55,  59,  60,  68,  78, 

79,  83,  91,  92,  93. 
Emerson,  6,  21,  42,  45,  56,  73. 
Emons,  10. 
Emmons,  44. 
England,  9,  12,  23,  24,  25,  29,  44,  45,  49, 

56,  77,  93,  94. 
England,  New,  1,  5,  6,  8,  9,  10,  11,  14,  17, 

18,  21,  25,  28,  31,  34,  38,  39,  42,  43,  45, 


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47,  49,  5(3,  59,  GO,  62,  64,  G5,  G7,  70,  71, 

74,  80,  82,  87,  90,  93. 
Epes,  27. 
Essex,  27,  43,  77. 
Europe,  30,  45. 

Eveleth  or  Eveleigh  fam.,  25-28. 
Eveleth,  5,  8,  14,  18,  20,  261,  27,  29,  33,  35, 

45,  53,  77,  93. 
Exeter,  7,  23,  49,  53. 

Falmouth,  5,  7,  36,  37,  39,  40,  46,  62,  63, 

68,  75,  82,  86,  90,  91. 
Farmer,  43. 
Ferry,  Hodgkins',  3. 
Felt,  38,  80. 
Fellows,  43,  49. 
Fears,  si. 
Fitts,  G. 
Firison,  1G,  41. 
Fisherman's  Field,  52,  53. 
Fitz  William,  71. 
Fitch,  77. 
Florida,  24. 
Flynn,  80. 
Fox,  8. 

Foster,  20,  46,  50,  68,  92,  93,  94. 
Forbes,  43,  54. 
Folly  Cove,  61. 
Fox  Is.,  81. 
Fox  Harbor,  85. 
Fresh  Water  Cove,  4,  7,  18,  69. 
Freeport,  25. 
France,  30,  41,  67. 
Frye,  35,  37. 
Freez,  38. 

Frenchman's  Bay,  39. 
French  Wars,  59,  62. 
Frese,  60. 
Francis,  62. 
Fuller,  4,  18,  33,  65. 
Fleming,  94. 

Gardner  fam.,  28-29. 

Gardner,  10,  28,  29,  31,  50,  63,  83,  89,  94. 

Gardiner,  21,  22,  63. 

Gamage,  48,  82. 

Gaines,  49. 

Gatchel,  88. 

Gearing,  23. 

Georgetown,  G5,  81. 


Giddings  fam.,  29-30. 

Giddings,  7,   11,  22,  23,  25,  2G,  27,  28,  30, 

32,  33,  36,  58,  61,  71,  72,90. 

Gilbert,  20. 

Giles,  29. 

Gloucester,  1,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12, 
13,  14,  15,  1G,  17,  18,  21,  22,  23,  24,  2.5, 
26,  30,  31,  33,  34,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42,  43, 
44,  45,  47,  49,  50,  51,  53,  55,  56,  58,  59, 
GO,  62,  63,  64,  65,  66,  67,  68,  69,  70,_  71, 
72,  73,  74,  75,  76,  78,  79,  80,  81,  82,"  83, 
85,  86,  87,  89,  90,  91,  92.  93,  94. 

Gloucester,  New,  2,  3,  11,  30,  38,  45,  52, 
55,  59,  63,  G8,  69,  73,  75,  85,  86,90,  91,  93. 

Gloucester,  West,  25,  36,  44,  85. 

Gloucester,  East,  52. 

Glosester,  77. 

Glover,  17,  66,  77,  87. 

Gorham,  79. 

Goss,  74,  81. 

Gowen,  60. 

Gouge,  56. 

Gooding,  49. 

Gott,  5,  13,  41,  49,  52,  58. 

Goose  Cove,  8,  47,  48,  60,  82. 

Godfrey,  35,  36,  66,  73. 

Gosport,  24. 

Gooch,  20. 

Goodhue,  30,  35,  36,  37. 

Goodrich,  3,  27,  48.  50,  51,  84. 

Griggs,  34. 

Great  Barrington,  9. 

Greeuleaf,  15,  62. 

Graves,  35. 

Greenoway,  45. 

Grand  Banks,  52,  G4,  65,  72,  83,  86,  89,  91, 
93,  94. 

Grover,  34,  46,  49,  50,  57,  59,  78,  87,  88. 

Groton,  23. 

Griffin,  11,  33,  41,  42,  Gl,  87,  90,  91. 

Gunnison,  4. 

Guy,  34. 

Gutridge,  48. 

Guadeloupe,  G,  78. 

Guinea,  92. 

Haskell  fam.,  34-38. 

Haskell,  2,  4,  8,  15,  18,  30,  31,  35,  36,  37, 
38,  43.  44,  53,  51,  58,  59,   GO,  Gl,  66,  68, 

84,  93,94. 
Harvard,  6, 19,  20,  27,  29,  36,  50,  66,  87,  92. 


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Haraden  fam.,  31-33. 

Haraden,  11,  14,  15,  32,  33,  34,  41,  43,  47, 

48,  53,  74,  88,  90,  91. 
Harraden.  30,  72,  93. 
Hamilton,  19,  49. 
Hales,  30. 

Hadley  fam.,  30-31. 
Hadley,  31,  51. 
Harbor  Parish,  33,  56. 
Harvey  fam.,  33-34. 
Harvey,  34,  73,  83,  90. 
Harpswell,  39. 
Hartford,  39,  92. 
Haynes,  52. 
Harbor  Swamp,  57. 
Harriman,  57. 
Haverhill,  59,  70. 
Halifax,  63,  69. 
Havana,  64. 
Hardy,  65. 
Harbor  Beach.  68. 
Hammond,  72. 
Hammonds,  74. 
Harris,  80,  89,  91. 
Hayes,  83. 
Hatch,  90. 
Hendricks,  6. 
Henry  VI,  9. 
Henry  VII,  9. 
Herrick,  27,  36,  37,  39. 
Heans,  80. 
Hilton,  62,  83. 
Hill,  5,  21,  61,  87. 
Higgins,  89. 
Hillier,  78. 
Hodgkins'  Ferry,  3. 
Hodgkins  fam.,  38-39. 
Hodgkins,  3,  7,  34,  39,  47,  81,  84,  88. 
Hook,  8. 
Holland,  23. 
Howard,  34,  57. 
Houston,  88, 
Holmes's  Hole,  37. 
Hooker,  92. 
Hough  fam.,  39. 
Hough,  69. 
Hopkinton,  46. 
Hobson,  52,  57. 
Howe,  58. 

Hubbard,  2,  35,  37,  38,  54,  68,  91. 
Huse,  3. 


Hughes,  4. 
Hutchings,  22. 
Humphreys,  88. 
Hunt,  39,  60. 

Illinois,  53,  88. 

Indians,  81,  84,  85,  90. 

Ingalls,  44,  66. 

Ingersol  fam.,  39-40. 

Ingersol,  22,  30,  40,  46,  65,  66,  67,  69,  71, 

78. 
Indian  war,  11,  17,  18,  59. 
India,  7,  15,  37,74. 
Ipswich,  4,  14,   16,  17,  22,  25,  26,  27,  29, 

31,  32,  33,  35,  36,  37,  38,  39,  42,  43,  44, 

49,  50,  52,  55,  56,  57,  58,  59,  60,  61,  62, 

66,  67,  72,  75,  90,  91. 
Ipswich  Bay,  91. 
Ireland,  9. 
Isle  of  Sable,  3. 

Jackson,  7,  87. 
James,  13,  47,  74. 
Jabaque,  14. 
Jacobs,  82. 
Jamaica,  92. 
Jeffrey,  93. 
Jewett,  57. 
Jones,  9. 
Johnson,  37. 
Joslyn,  22,  55,  86. 
Judkin,  34. 

Kent,  5. 

Kettle,  42. 

Kettle  Cove,  1,  16,  17,  45,  46,  47,  59,  84. 

Kelsey,  52. 

Kezur,  57. 

Kendall,  71,  80. 

Keuduskeag,  63. 

Kittery,  9,  39,  72,  82. 

Kinnicum,  10,  20,  63. 

Kimball,  32,  75. 

Kinsman,  55. 

Knight,  52,  91. 

Knowlton,  53,  66. 

Lambert,  9,  10,  11. 
La  Grange,  92. 
Lane  fam.,  40-42. 


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APPENDIX. 


Lane,  33,  41,  42,  52,  58,  GO,  61,  62,  82,  86, 

89,  90,  93. 
Lanesville,  41. 

Langs  ford,  41,  65. 

Langton,  84,  62. 

Leach, 17, 21,  46,  82. 

Leeds,  46. 

Lechampton,  47. 

Lee,  48,  50,  52,  72,  87,  91. 

Littlehale,  4,  11. 

Liverpool,  6,  71. 

Lindsay,  7. 

Little  River,  10,  16,  26,  60,  U 

Lincoln,  11,  62. 

Lisbon,  23. 

Little  Good  Harbor,  21. 

Little  Neck,  38. 

Lister,  46. 

Little  Good  Harbor  Beach,  51. 

Littlefield,  63. 

Lovi  fam.,  42-43. 

'Low,  1,  4,  14,  15,  23,  24,  33,  43,  55,  56,  57, 

61,  65,  74,  79,  88,  90. 
London,  5,  30,  80. 
Lovett,  6. 
Long  Cove,  10. 
Lonisburg,  11,  27,  50. 
Lowell,  23. 

Lobster  Cove,  31,  87,  90,  91. 
Lord,  35,  71. 
Lothrop,  39. 

Lurvey,  12,  22,  34,  56,  64,  83. 
Luther,  13. 
Lufkin  fam  ,  43-44. 
Lufkiu,  30,   34,  36,  44,  58,  61,   64,   71,  86, 

93. 
Lynn,  47,  48,  56. 


Mantua,  1. 

Maine,  2,  8,  9,  14,  46,48,  63,  66,  78,  85,  86, 

89,  93. 
Malaga,  3. 
Marlborough,  2. 
Manchester,  4,  12,   36,*  45,  47,  48,  52,  53, 

91. 
Marblehead,  14,64,75,  80. 
Matchet,  14,  17. 
Mattock,  23. 
Mains,  25. 

Maryland,  '.)2. 


Maiden,  40. 
Mackworth,  39. 
Marcy,  36. 

Massachusetts,  35,  56,  90. 
Marshall,  31,  49,  57,  91. 
Marazion,  44. 
Manchester  Neck,  47. 
Marshfield,  55. 
Martin,  62. 
Marsh,  60,  65. 
Mariner,  68. 
Marble,  69. 
Mansfield,  71. 
Mackay,  73. 
Marysville,  74. 
Med  ford,  14,  62. 
Mead,  36. 

Merritt,  75. 

Mcsservey,  39. 

Merchant,  41,  46;  S3. 

Mill  River,  8,  11,  15,  77. 

Milk  Island,  81. 

Marti  nico,  93. 

Miles,  43. 

Minot,  45,  89,  91,  93. 

Minorca,  49. 
MUlberry,  51. 

Milbery,  52. 

Millbury,  65. 

Millet  fain.,  44-47. 

Millet,  s,  10,  21,  25,  38,    45,  46,  47,  54,  60, 
68,  82,  84. 

Millett,  16,  26,  46. 

Mihvard,  21. 

Missouri,  92. 

Mornington,  9 

Monument,  9. 

Moor,  28. 

Morgan,  5,  40,  41,  49,  69,  75,  86. 

Morehead,  69. 

Mog ridge,  74. 

M udle,  94. 

Murray,  79. 

Munjoy,  39. 

Naskeag,  8. 
Narraganset,  18. 
Navy,  U.  S.,  61. 
Nafragansett  Fort,  72. 

New  England,   1,5,  9,    10,11,    14,    17,   18, 
21.  2.".,  28,   31,  34,  38,  39,  42,   43,   45,  47, 


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49,  56,  59,   60,  62,   64,  65,  67,  70,  71,  74, 

80,  87,  90. 
Newbury,  1,  11,  12,  15,  16,  38,   53,61,   65, 

67,  70,  74,  86. 
New  Gloucester,  2,  3,  8,  27,  30,  38,  45,52, 

55,  59,  63,  68,  69,  73,  75,  85,  86,  90. 
New  York,  6,  19,  30,  54. 
N/ewhall,  6. 

Newburyport,  7,  8,  14,  33,  57,  66,  78. 
Newman,  8,  69. 
Newport,   19,  21. 
Nelsou,  23. 
Netherlands,  30. 
New  Loudon,  39. 
Newmarket,  53. 
New  Castle,  59,  82. 
New  Orleans,  61,  66,  71. 
Nichols,  75. 
No  well,  54. 
Norway,  45. 
Norwood  fam.,  47-49. 
Norwood,  5,  11,  13,  33,  41,  48,  49,   54,  57, 

58,  70,  77,  93. 
Norton,  52. 
Norwich,  17,  39. 
Nova  Scotia,  9. 
North  Yarmouth,  25,  40,  69,  70,  90,  91. 

Oakes,  61,  64,  73. 
Odell,  20,  67. 
Onondaga,  2. 
Orland,  66. 
Osman's  Dutch,  18. 
Oyster  river,  45. 

Parsons  fam.,  49-56. 

Parsons,  4,  7,  16,  19,  20,  21,  26,  27,  32,  35, 
36,  37,  38,  46,  50,  51,  52,  53,  54,  55,  56, 
58,  66,  67,  69,  71,  78,  79,  80,  83,  88. 

Palfrey,  14. 

Palfray,  71. 

Paine,  18. 

Parran,  27. 

Patee,  88. 

Pascataqua  river,  82. 

Patch,  58,  78. 

Parkman,  50. 

Parker,  44,  68. 

Parker's  Is.,  81. 

Penn,  7. 

Pearce,  17,  40,  56,  71,  78. 
19 


Perkins,  26,  27,  28,  29,  40. 

Pejepscot,  30. 

Penny,  34. 

Perry,  75. 

Penobscot,  41. 

Penzance,  44. 

Phipps,  11. 

Phips,  62. 

Pierce,  6,  12,  23,  37,  63,  67,  78. 

Pigeon  Cove,  7,  47,  48. 

Pickworth,  12. 

Pitts,  39. 

Pigeon  Hill,  48,  56. 

Piscataqua  river,  82. 

Plummer,  3,  7,  12,  15,  67. 

Plum  Cove.  91. 

Plum  Cove  Neck,  41. 

Plymouth,  34. 

Platts,  52. 

Portland,  2,  4,  7,  12,  66,  68,  79,  86. 

Portrait,  2,  91. 

Poles,  12,  14,  17. 

Point  Levi,  13. 

Point  a  Pitre,  6. 

Portsmouth,  16,  20,  61,  79,  82. 

Pope,  37. 

Potter,  90 . 

Pool  fam.,  56-59. 

Pool,  48,  49,  57,  58,  59,  72,  80,  81,  82,  87, 

88,  91,  93. 
Port  Mahon,  49. 
Poland.  60. 
Pole's  Hill,  77. 
Porter,  88. 
Privateer,  4.  6,  7. 
Prince,  23,  59,  70,  80,  93. 
Princeton,  26. 
Pride,  35. 
Pressy,  75. 
Procter,  59. 
Presson,  66. 
Preble,  70. 

Pulcifer  fam.,  59-60. 
Pulcifer.  60,  69. 
Purpooduck,  84. 

Quebec,  7,  13. 
Quetville,  63. 
Quakers,  79. 

Randal,  7. 
Ral,  31. 


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APPENDIX. 


Kay,  36. 

Rainsford  Is.,  55. 

Randall,  75,  79. 

Rawson,  77. 

Reading,  7,  56,  73,  98. 

Redwood,  19. 

Redding,  55. 

Readfleld,  63. 

Rea,  66. 

Redington,  64. 

Rhode  Is.,  7,  81. 

Eiggs  fam.,  60-62. 

Riggs,  3,  4,  5,  13,  23,  26,  35,  36,  40,  41,  42, 

43,  45,  54,  61,  62,  64,  68,  82,  83,  86. 
Ring,  4,  9,  10,  14,  35,  37,  44,  54,  66,  68. 
Richardson,  4,  60,  62. 
Richmond,  92. 
Ridgel,  12. 
Riverdale,  23. 

Rogers,  1,  19,  20,  40,  61,  73,  79,  94. 
Bobins(>n  fain.,  63-64. 
Robinson,  4,  5,  13,  22,  28,  29,  31,  40,  43, 

54,  55,  64,  72,  74,  75,  84,  90,  91. 
Rockport,  4,  5,  10,  11,   12,   13,   17,  18,  22, 

25,  34,  38,  89,  44,  49,  52,  64,  65,  80,  82, 

85,  88,  89,  91. 
Boberts  fam.,  62-63. 
Roberts,  9,  11,  35,  41,  63,93. 
Row,  11,  28,  40,  73,  81,  88. 
Rochambeau,  19. 
Rocky  Neck,  21. 
Howe  fain.,  64-65. 
Rowe,  21,  22,  23,  51,  59,  65,  73,  84. 
Rowley,  8,  48,  51,  52,  55,  57. 
Roxbury,  60. 
Roby,  86. 
Robbins,  83. 
Russel,  2,  77. 
Rust,  4,  55,  66,  74,  90. 
Rust's  Is.,  89. 
Ryerson,  12. 

Savage,  1,  8,  9,  11,  12,  17,  21,  25,  26,  83, 
36,  39,  40,  43,  49,  56,  60,  62,  65,  67,  73, 
80,  82,  90. 

Sargent  fam.,  65-67. 

Sargent,  2,  4,  11,  12,  17,  20,  26,  29,  32,  35, 
40,  41,  47,  48,  53,  54,  57,  66,  69,  70,  71, 
74,  77,  79,  80,  81,  88,  91,  93,  94. 

Salem,  4,  6,  10,  11,  13,  21,  24,  27,  31,  33, 
34,  36,  39,  43,  53,  73,  75,  76,  77,  83,  93. 


Sawyer  fam.,  67-70. 

Sawyer,  5,  9,  18,  21,  37,  38,  40,  46,  52,  54, 

68,  69,  70,  71,  84,  85. 
Sandy  Bay,   5,  12,    15,    16,   31,   34,  42,   43, 

49,  51,  52,  53,   56,  57,  59,  64,  65,   72,  80, 

81,  88,  89. 
Sanders,  7,  40,  65,  70,  71,  79,  88,  89. 
Savery,  7. 
Sampson,  29. 
Saunders,  32,  56,  73,  82. 
Salisbury,  35,  38,  60,  64,  68. 
Sayward  fam.,  70-71. 
Sayward,  38,  44,  59,  69,  71,  79,  81. 
Saville,  42,  54. 
Salt  Is.,  51. 
Salt  Is.  Ledge,  51. 
Sable,  59. 
Scarborough,  37. 
Scilly,  44. 
Sedgwick,  60. 
Seymour,  92. 
Sheath,  5. 
Shevel,  44. 
Sheldon,  56. 
Sheepscot,  59,  82,  87. 
Shattuck,  73. 
Shortwell,  84. 
Singer,  85. 
Skamp,  33. 
Smith,  1,  2,  6,  9,  16,  21,  22,  23,  27,  29,  30, 

62,  65,  68,  71,  73,  93,  94. 
Smith's  Cove,  93. 
Small,  72. 
Somes  fam.,  71-74. 
Somes,  6,  8,  10,   15,  32,  33,   57,  72,  73,  74, 

76,  86,  87,  90,  94. 
South  Sea,  30. 
Spain,  13,  30. 
Sparks,  19. 
Springer,  73. 
Springfield,  24. 
Squam  Bar,  51. 
Squam  Point,  31. 
Squam,  2,  7,  8,  14,  40,  66,  81,  93. 
Stevens  fam.,  75-80. 
Stevens,  1,2,  7,  14,  20,  25,  26,  33,  34,  56, 

4(),  44,  48,  55,  59,  66,  67,  69,  75,  76,  78, 

79,  80,  86,  90. 
Stanwood  fam.,  74-75. 
Stanwood,  3,  9,  11,  12,  17,  24,  29,  36,  38, 

46,  51,  61,  67,  72,  75,  78,  88,  89,  90. 


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171 


Story,  4,  49,  57. 

Straitsmouth,  C,  15. 

St.  Eustatius,  7. 

St.  Eustatia,  79. 

Stockvvell,  10. 

St.  Louis,  19. 

Stover,  23. 

Stow,  26. 

Stage  Neck,  21. 

Stark  naught    Harbor,  21. 

Stacy,  29,  78. 

St.  Christopher,  29. 

St.  Domingo,  78. 

Stonington,  90. 

Stool  Rock,  84. 

Stratham,  36. 

Stone,  36. 

Steele,  37. 

Stockbridge,  40. 

St.  Just,  44. 

Stanford.  08. 

Staples,  86. 

Stewart,  86. 

Sudbury,  East,  2. 

Surinam,  28,  ."4,  94. 

Sutton,  53. 

Symonds,  42. 

Tarr  fam. ,  80-82. 

Tarr,  5,  16,  25,  48,  51,  57,  58,  59,  70,  71,  72, 

81,  82,  85. 
Tappan,  31. 
Tarbox,  63,  71. 
Taunton,  93. 
Texas,  88. 
Thames,  9. 
Thomas,  13,  34,  85. 
Thurston,  40,  43,  81. 
Thatcher's  Is.,  58. 
Thatcher's  Is.,  82. 
Thompson,  91. 
Tilbury  Camp,  9. 
Tibbot,  34. 
Town  Parish,  3,  11,  12,  15,  16,  17,  20,  47, 

63. 
Towsend,  8. 
Tomlinson,  2:.'. 
Town  Neck,  46. 
Todd,  52,  55. 
Topsfiekl,  61. 
Tor  rev,  77. 


Try  nail  Cove,  12,  34. 

Trenton,  46. 

Trask,  ."7. 

Truro,  73. 

Turner,  82. 

Tuthill,  37. 

Tucker  fam,,  82-83. 

Tucker,  23,  33,  41,  60,  61,  83. 

Tufts,  18,  14. 

Tybbot,  12. 

Tyler,  13,  27,  86,  :.::. 

Ulin,  23. 

United  States,  25,  92. 

United  States,  see  navy. 

Vassal,    19. 
Varrell,  47. 
Very,  68. 
Veren,  76. 
Vernon,  19. 
Vinson  fam.,  83-84. 
Vinson,  17,  l.s,  28,  50. 

Wales,  1,  :.. 

Wallace,  85. 

Wallis  fam.,  84-85. 

Wallis,  .->,  7,  11,  31,  68,  81,  85,  86,  87,  90. 

Ward,  7,  13. 

Wadiu,  10. 

Washington,  19. 

Watertown,  20,  92. 

Watts,  56. 

Wakleys,  60. 

Wathen,  87. 

Warner,    14,  20,  82,   45,  46,  5,",,  56,  59,   67, 

75. 
War,  French  and  Indian,  16. 
Walker  fam.,  84. 
Walker,  35. 

Walker's  Creek,  43,  44. 
West  Indies,  8,  6,  7,  8,  23,  25,  29,  87,  45, 

46,  53,  54,  63,  64,  92,  94. 
Wenham,  6,  7,  12,  28,  30,  72. 
Weeden,  10. 
Westminster,  9. 
.  Weisenfels,  19. 
West  Gloucester,  25,  36,  44,  61,  85. 
Webster,  29. 
Webber  fam.,  85-86. 
Webber,  29,  69,  85,  86. 


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West  Parish,  31,  66. 

Wells,  32,  75,  92. 

Westport,  60. 

Wellman,  61. 

Wentworth,  61. 

West  Virginia,  92. 

Westway,  71. 

White,  2,  3,  4,  20,  38,  54,  55,  58,  67,  78, 

79,  91. 
Wharf  fam.,  86-87. 
Wharf,  4,  54,  60,  70,  87. 
Whittridge,  15,  73. 
Wheelwright,  16. 
Whipple,  33. 
Whittemore,  55. 
Whirlpool,  57. 
Wheeler,  60,  61,  69,  74. 
Whitehaven,  92. 
Wilderness,  battle  of,  3. 
Wilson,  4,  54. 
Witham  fam.,  87-89. 
Witham,  5,  6,  12,  28,  30,  72,  88,  89,  91. 
Wilmington,  6. 


Williams,  7,  22,  63,  81,  82,  85,  87. 

Window,  8. 

Winslow,  17. 

Wise,  27,  70,  80. 

Winnery,  51,    52,  65. 

Windham,  63. 

Willis,  68. 

Wonson,  80. 

Woodward,  16,  35,  36,  74. 

Woodbury  fam.,  89-90. 

Woodbury,  40,  41,  48,  61,  71,  75,  85,  90. 

Woodhouse,  45. 

Wood,  60. 

Yale,  92. 

Yarmouth,  North,  25,   40,  46,  69,  70,  90, 

91. 
Younglove,  50. 
York  fam.,  90-91. 
York,  12,  24,  30,  33,  34,  36,  41,  63,  70,  79, 

87,  91. 
Young,  91. 


INDEX  TO  PART  II. 


Airs,  56. 

Acworth,  140. 

Adams  fam.,  100. 

Aclcles,  66. 

Aiken,  158. 

Aklrich,  67. 

Allen  fam.,  105. 

Allen,  1,  2,  4,  5,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  15, 
16,  17,  19,  25,  26,  32,  34,  35,  40,  41,  42, 
44,  50,  59,  60,  62,  64,  69,  70,  77,  88,  108, 
109.  127,  135,  138,  142,  143,  154,  158,  160. 

Almsbury,  6. 

America,  35. 

Ann,  Cape,  6,  8,  10,  15,  16,  17,  29,  36,  39, 
40,  44,  46,  64,  68,  71,  72,  82,  97,  105,  110, 
111,  119,  121,  124,  129,130,  133,146,147, 
152,  154,  161. 

Annisqnam,  78,  80,  138. 

Anclover,  8,  16,  17,  20,  26,  29,  34,  135. 

Annapolis,  47. 

Annis  fam.,  114. 

Annis,  30,  100,  157. 

Anniversary  of  Gunpowder  Plot,  63. 

Anguilla,  110. 

Antigua,  Island  of,  109. 

Andrews  fam.,  89. 

Andrews,  29,  54,  89,  94,  95,  99,  128,  151, 
154,  158,  159. 

Anderson  fam.,  117. 

Andros,  2. 

Army,  86. 

Army,  Revolutionary,  86. 

Archibald,  110. 

Artillery,  Gloucester,  153. 

Atkins,  149,  154. 

Atkinson,  147. 

Atkinson,  N.  H.,  75. 

Attleborough,  81,  84. 

Aurora  borealis,  61. 


Aux  Isles,  Cap,  64. 

Augusta,  Me.,  111. 

Averill  fam.,  81. 

Averill,  47,  81. 

Avery,  63,  66,  89,  100,  134,  150. 

AVer  If  am.  ,92. 

Ayers  * 

Ayer,  41. 

Bay,  Ipswich,  88. 

Bay,  Sandy,  86,  96,  97,  99,  111,  121,  151, 

154. 
Bay,  Massachusetts,  88. 
Bay,  Margaret's,  88. 
Bailey  fam.,  122. 
Bailey,  47,  134. 
Bally,  110,  157. 
Bayley,  122. 
Barber  fam.,  109. 
Barber,  87,  104. 
Bangor,  6. 
Baker  fam.,  96-97. 
Baker,  31,  36,  109,  118. 
Baptist,  First,  129. 
Battery,  132. 
Barry,  10. 

Baltimore,  Md.,  156. 
Barrington,  N.  S.,  69. 
Baldwin,  152. 
Barnstable,  35,  98,  154. 
Battin  fam.,  114,  118-119. 
Barbadoes,  133. 
Ball  fam.,  117. 
Battery,  132. 
Bank,  87,  123. 
Banks,  69,   80,   87,  100.  103,  113,  114,  128, 

136,  153,  154. 
Barnard,  20,  38. 
Bar,  Milk  Island,  154. 

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APPENDIX. 


Barrett,  32. 

Babsou,  18,   19,  20,  28,  29,  35,  44,  46,  48, 
73,  75,  77,  79,  89,  93,  94,  98,   100,    101, 
134,  156,  160. 
Babbitt,  76. 

Beverly,  38,  70,  72,  83,  84,97,  98,  106,  135. 
Beaver,  72. 
Beach,  77,  78,  158. 
Becket,  132. 
Berierch,  7. 
Bennet,  112,  120,  156. 
Bennet  Mills,  28. 
Bennett,  11,  13,  41,  133. 
Bilboa,  99,  136,  150. 
Biles,  68. 

Bishop  fam.,  87,  132. 
Bishop,  26,  30,  63,  87,  97. 
Bird,  20. 
Bink,  33. 
Birch  fam.,  108. 
Blatchford,  157. 
Blazing  Star,  119. 

Bine  Hills,  148. 

Bloyd,  161. 

Blinman,  64,  65. 

Blynman,  66. 

flyman,  1. 

Blythe  fain.,  161. 

Botten  fam.,  128. 

Boffee  fam.,  119. 

Bond  fam.,  101. 

Boston  Custom  House,  86. 

Bond,  73. 

Boothbay,  140. 

Bowman  fam.,  124. 

Bolton,  112. 

Botham,  43. 

Boynton  fam.,  103. 

Boynton,  20,  24,  33,  40,  41,  54,  154. 

Boston,  1,  2,  3,  7,  10,  12,  17,  24,  28,  31,  34, 
41,  43,  49,  53,  62,  66,  74,  75,  77,  82,  83, 
86,  88,  89,  93,  105,  110,  121,  124,  128, 
129,  130,  135,  137,  139,  145,  148,  149, 
154,  155,  157. 

Bryant  fam.,  90. 

Bryant,  109. 

Brady  fam.,  113. 

Brady,  116. 
Bray  fam.,  71. 

Bray,   4,  33,  38,  71,  72,  82,  100,  108,  151, 
157,  160. 


Bradstreet,  10,   15,   16,  17,  31,  36,  37,  38, 
39,  40,  44,  45,  46,  47,  50,  51,  52,  55,   107, 
125,  126,  157. 
Bradstreet's  defeat,  37. 
Brnmes,  12. 
Brock  fam.,  119. 
Brookfleld,  152. 
British  Parliament,  122. 
Brewer  fam.,  105. 
Bristol,  1. 
Brown,  11,  14,  26,  31,   32,  33,  34,  54,  55, 

65,  94,  95,  103,  120,  134,  143,  160. 
Brown,  Ensign,  143,  149. 
Brook,  43. 
Brooks,  145. 
Broom,  114. 
Broome,  113,  130. 
Bradbxiry  fam. ,  120. 
Bradbury,  77. 
Brig,  80. 
Bridges,  84. 

Brief,  12,  21,  23. 

Broad  Sound,  149. 

Bradford,  27,  118. 

Bums  fam.,  105. 

Burns,  151,  154,  158,  161. 

Byles,  31,  122,  128. 

Bunker  Hill,  145. 

Bntman,  80,  101,  103,  158. 

Burnham  fam.,  78,  79,  95,  96,  145. 

Burnham,  19,  120,  160. 

Butler  fam.,  106. 

Bntler,  29,  96. 

Buxton,  146. 

Burrill  fam.,  82. 

Byfleld,  8,  10,  16,  27,  30,  63. 

Byfield  Academy,  76. 


Cap  Aux  Isles,  64. 

Catalogue  of  Rev.  John  White's  Library,  4. 

Canneby,  >famj  108 

Kenneby,  ) 

Canneby,  120. 

Cape  Cod,  40,  62,  140. 

Carriages,  early.  94. 

Cashes  Ledge,  157. 

Calef,  153. 

Carter  fam.,  78,  96. 

Carter,  14,  113,  158. 

Cane,  56. 


APPENDIX. 


175 


160. 


Cane,  1 

Card,  J 

Card,  42,  44,  66. 

Callahan,  144. 

Cape  Porpoise,  138. 

Caldwell,  92. 

Canada,  43,  135,  140. 

Cadiz,  119. 

Cape  Sable,  87,  90,  137. 

Cape  Sables,  5. 

Cape  Sables,  Banks  of,  87. 

Carlisle  fam.,  103. 

Carlisle,  98,  103. 

Capture,  90. 

Cashmere,  30. 

Cass  fam.,  117. 

Canso,  101, 102. 

Canada,  2,  3,  4,  49,  72. 

Cambridge,  77,  137,  144. 

Carolina,  117. 

Casco  Bay,  114. 

Cape  Ann,  6,  8,  10,  15,  16,  17,  29,  36,  39, 
40,  44,  46,  64,  68,  71,  72,  74,  82,  97,  105, 
110,  111,  119,  120,  121,  124,  130,  133, 
134,  135,  136,  137,  138,  139,  140,  145, 146, 
147,  152,  154,  161. 

Celey,  40. 

Centenarian,  113. 

Cerney,  11. 

Chub  fam.,  106. 

Charles,  Brigantine,  82. 

Church,  First,  87. 

Church,  Second,  85. 

Cheever,  39. 

Choate  fain.,  98. 

Choate,  143,  158. 

Chelsea,  57. 

Charlestown,  66. 

Charleston,  S.  C,  122,  123,  130,  131. 

Chard,  111,  160. 

Champlaiu,  voyage  of,  64. 

Chaplain,  23. 

Chapman,  7. 

Champney,  38 

Chebacco,  24,  51,  57,  59,  61,  71,  89,  94,  144, 
145,  149. 

Chebacco  River,  67. 

Chandler  fam.,  5. 

Chandler,  6,  8,  15,  16,  17,  26,  28,  29,  30, 
38,  48,  56,  63,  64,  66,  69,  70,  71,  77,  86, 
87,  99,  103,  104,  108,  140,  141,  147. 


Cincinnati,  145. 

Cist,  161. 

City  Hall,  75. 

Clay  fam.,  96. 

Cleaves  fam.,  128. 

Clough,  50,  130. 

Clark,  12,  14,  34,  114, 122,  151,  154,  157. 

Cleaveland,  144. 

Cleveland,  24,  38,  39,  46,  51,  55,  56,  57, 116, 

140. 
Cleigh,  114. 

Cove,  Lobster,  107,  153. 
Connecticut,  2. 
Cold  Friday,  155. 
Commonwealth,  156. 
Committee,  War,  131. 
Cove,  Fresh  Water,  133. 
Cohasset  Rocks,  152. 
Coas  fam.,  102. 
Coas,  51,  55,  57,  131,  143,  160. 
Colonies,  125. 
Columbian  Centinel,  74. 
County,  Hampshire,  125. 
Coombs  fam.,  96,  101. 
Cove,  Hodgkins',  83. 
Court,  General,  83. 
Cornwall,  Eng.,  87. 
Congress,  116. 
Coy  fam.,  85. 
Cod,  Cape,  40,  62,  140. 
Cove,  Vinson's,  86. 
Condis,  161. 
Concord,  147. 
Coit,  4,  83. 
Cotterill,  161. 

Cogswell,  6,  10,  15,  17,  27,  34. 
Cottle,  71. 
Cook  fam.,  115. 

Cook,  29,  30,  39,  40,  58,  60,  61,  62,  158. 
Cotton  fam.,  94. 
Cotton,  138. 
Cornery,  13,  29. 
Couillard  fam.,  108. 
Coward,  45. 
Coos,  45,  57. 
Corning,  70. 
Comerford,  48,  49. 
Corneys,  10,  15,  89. 
Cobb,  84. 
Coates  fam.,  132. 
Cogswell,  149. 


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APPENDIX. 


Colson,  87,  151. 

Coffin,  77,  127,  137,  139,  143,  148,  156. 

Collins,  11,  12,  13,  15,  16,  27,  33,36,  40,  42, 

44,  48,  51,  53,  55,  57,  G2,  08,94,  122,  135, 

145,  158. 
Collins  school  house,  115. 
Crown  Point,  37,  38,  134. 
Cr oxford  fain.,  161. 
Crocker,  10. 
Cradock,  39,  40,  41,  131. 
Crosse,  26. 
Custom  House,  86. 
Currey,  92. 
Cuba  Island,  56. 
Cummings  fam.,  161. 
Cunningham,  130. 
Cushiuan,  76. 
Cushing,  17. 
Cut,  33,  38,  40,  41,  50,  51,  52,  53,   54,  GO, 

132,  140. 
Currier,  119,  158. 
Curney,  49, 108, 112,114. 
Curtis  fam..  116. 

Day  of  Thanksgiving  appointed  for  suc- 
cess in  war,  55,  56. 
Dark  day,  93,  151,  152. 
Danvers,  54,  130. 
Dane  fam.,  127. 
Dane,  54,  80,  101,  102. 
Danville,  Me.,  111. 
Day  fam.,  81,  85,  89,  95. 
Day,  4,  27,  29,   72,  81,  85,   89,  95,    96,  99, 
104,  109, 'llO,  112,  117,  118,  119,  128, 133, 
136,  157,  158. 
Davison,  58. 

Davis,  4,  9,  14,  15,  30,  31,  34,  36,  37,  40, 
51,  52,  55,  56,  60,  63,  69,  79,  81,   88,  89, 
90,  91,  92,  99,  102,  104,  108,  109,  113,  115, 
118,  119,  121,  122,  130,  133,  135, 136,  155, 
156,  157,  158,  159,  160,  161. 
Dennison  fam.,  107. 
Dennison,  140. 
Denison,  35. 
Derby,  20,  76,  138. 
Demerrit  fain.,  109. 
Demerret,  109. 
Dedham,  94,  155. 
Denning,  7,  27,  94,  101,119. 
Dennis,  98,  157. 
Deer  Island,  Me.,  86,  138. 


Derry,  N.  II.,  145. 

Dinner,  9. 

Diary  of  Mr.  Chandler,  38. 

Dike  fam.,  150. 

Dike,  72,  98. 

Disaster,  74,  85. 

Disaster  at  Sea,  85. 

Dimmock,  131. 

Don  Pedro,  130. 

Dodge,  83,  143,  156. 

Dolliver  fam.,  86,  87. 

Dolliver,  26,  42,  43,  47,  53,  60,  68,  69,  74, 

75,  76,  86,  87,  91,  97,  108,   109,   110,  150, 

158. 
Dowsett,  160. 
Douce,  136. 
Doyle  fam.,  118. 
Dorchester,  77. 
Downing  fam.,  113. 
Doddridge,  23. 
Donham  fam.,  94. 
Donham,  94. 
Donahew,  157. 
Driver  fam.,  97. 
Dresser  fam.,  117. 
Dresser,  86. 
Dresden,  Me.,  76. 
Drowned,  SO. 
Drouth,  135. 
Draper,  139. 
Duncan  fain.,  93. 
Duncan,  67. 
Duren,  98. 
Durin  fam.,  161. 
Dunbartou,  145. 
Durham,  7. 
Durham,  N.  H.,  116. 
Dudley,  69,  81,  87. 
Dunham,  55. 

Early  carriages,  94. 

Earthquake,  93,  119,  133. 

Earthquake,  May  8,  1753,  in  Lisbon,  40. 

Earthquake,  in  New  Eng.,  38,  40,  43,  44. 

Eaton  fam.,  95. 

Eaton,  160. 

East  India,  76. 

Eastport,  07. 

Eastern  Point,  14,  35,  42,  44,   45,   47,   48, 

53,  55,  57,  59,  63,  93,  99,  157. 
Edgar  fam.,  122. 


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177 


Edgar,  110. 
Edgartowu,  77. 
Edes  fam.,  128. 
Edes,  107. 
Edgerly  fam.,  116. 
Elizabeth  City,  N.  C,  156. 
Elliot  fam.,  116. 
Elliot,  129. 
Ellis,  158. 
Ellery  fam.,  74. 

Ellery,  7,  9,  11,  12,  13,  15,  18,  20,  28,  29, 
30,31,36,42,  43,50,  64,   115,    116,   122, 

132,  138,  143,  144,  154. 
Elkius,  76. 

Ellery's  Cove,  116. 

Elwell,  11,  12,  20,  25,  27,  29,  35,  41,  54,  55, 
56,  69,  70,  72,  84,  85,  88,  92,  93,  94,  100, 
101,  103,  105,  109,  114, 116,  118,  119,  131. 

133,  135,  154,  155,  157,  158,  160. 
Elwell's  Neck,  83. 

Emerson  fam.,  1. 

Emerson,  2,  3,  4,  67. 

Emerson,  letter  from,  2. 

Emery  fam.,  109. 

Emmons,  30,  57,  94,  115,  134. 

Emerton,  149,  158. 

England,  1,  71,  72,  74,  78,  85,  87,  140. 

England,  Mill  Prison,  152. 

Englishmen,  90,  91,  92. 

Endicott,  64,  65. 

Endicott,  Gov.,  Letter  of,  to  Winthrop,  64. 

Essex  Gazette,  140. 

Essex,  132,  143,  145,  151. 

Eulin  fam.,  121. 

Europe,  80,  154. 

European  ports,  119. 

Everdean  fam.,  130. 

Everett,  119. 

Everdeen,  36,  62. 

Eveleigh,  8,  15,  17. 

Evans  fam.,  103. 

Eveleth,  71,  82,  95,  106,  118,  124,  144. 

Expedition,  82,  134. 

Expenses,  83. 

Exeter,  71. 

Exeter,  N.  H.,  109. 

Fairweather,  17. 
Farms,  53,  55. 
Fawkes,  63. 

Falmouth,  35,  45,  56,  114. 
20 


Falmouth  (Portland),  148. 

Farley,  75. 

Federal  Constitution,  153. 

Fellows  fam.,  121. 

Fellows,  44,  137,  138. 

Fear,  27,  36. 

Fears  fam.,  99-100. 

Fears,  154. 

Fessendeu,  63. 

Fenier,  106. 

Fedrics,  11. 

Fedricks,  118. 

Federicks,  118. 

Feduix,  11.  47. 

First  Church,  87,  122,  124,  130,  132. 

First  Baptist,  129. 

Finson  fam.,  161. 

Finson,  105. 

Fisherman's  field,  104. 

Fishing,  87. 

Fielding,  112. 

Fletcher  fam.,  116. 

Flin  fam.,  94. 

Flinn,  97. 

Fleming  fam.,  114. 

Fleming,  115,  122. 

Fourth  Parish,  128. 

Forts  taken,  45. 

Fort  Point,  140. 

Fort  Henry  taken,  44. 

Fox  Harbor,  105. 

Foxcraft,  64. 

Foxcroft,  10,  35. 

Forbes  fam.,  152. 

Forbes,  149,  150,  153. 

Foster  fam.,  112. 

Foster,  8,  49,  50,  56,  62,   66,  77,  86,  115, 

120,  129,  131, 143,145,  146,  147,  148, 149, 

157. 
Folly  Point,  120. 
Fogg,  66. 

French,  88,  90,  129,  133,  134,  135. 
Freeport,  Me.,  73,  80,  128,  156. 
Fresh  Water  Cove,  16,  24,  32,  33,  45,  63, 

133. 
Friend,  104. 
France,  123. 
Fuller  fam.,  108. 
Fuller,  116,  133,  144. 

Gale  of  wind  in  1766,  113. 


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APPENDIX. 


Gale  of  wind  in  179S,  69,  100. 

Galleries  in  meeting  house,  70. 

Gazette,  Salem,  124. 

Gazette,  Essex,  140. 

Gaudaloupe,  W.  I.,  121. 

Gallop,  19. 

Gates,  146. 

Gainesr,  63,  121. 

Gardner,   11,  14,  35,  36,  68,  73,  102,  129, 
133,  136,  154. 

General  Court,  114,  118. 

Germany,  56. 

Gee,  104. 

Gees,  8,  11,  27,  34. 

Gee's  Point,  153. 

Gearing  fam.,  131. 

Gerring,  160. 

Gerrish,  4. 

George,  Lake,  134. 

Gift  of  land  to  young  men,  3. 

Giles,  68. 

Gibs,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12. 

Gibbes,  14. 

Gibbs,  7,  14,  15,  16,  18,  24,  32,  39,  44,  54, 
73,  75,  110,  122,  159. 

Giddings  fam.,  102. 

Giddings,    10,  26,  37,  43,  71,  82,  88,  113, 
146,  148,  154. 

Gilbert   fam.,  83. 

Gilbert,  99,  108,  128,  152,  153,  154. 

Gillout,  143. 

Glover  fam.,  103. 
Glover,  58,  59,  65,  66,  128,  155. 
Gloucester  Alms  House,  152. 
Gloucester  Artillery,  153. 
Gloucester,  1,  2,3,  6,  12,  13,  35,  38,  43,  47, 
64,  65,  66,  67,  68,  69,  70,  72, 90,  92,  93,  94} 
95,  96,  97,  100,  102,  103,   106,  107,  108^ 
109,  111,    112,    113,   114,    119,    151,  152. 
153,    154,    155,  156,    159,  161. 
Glocester,  6,  7,  20. 
Glosster,  2,  3. 
Gloster,  69. 
Glouster,  5. 
Gorden  fam.,  101. 
Gordon,  154. 

Gorham,  35,  48,  143,  147,  154. 
Governor's  Hill,  148. 
Gould,  130. 
Goss  fam.,  Ill,  112. 
Goss,  79,  157. 


Goodridge  fam.,  82,  92. 

Goodridge,  35,  82,  92,  118,  161. 

Goodrich,  67,  116. 

Gosnold,  64. 

Goldwaithe,  68. 

Goodwin,  130. 

Gott  fam.,  158-159. 

Gott,  29,84,  86,  89,  99,  106. 

Godfrey  fam.,  81. 

Godfrey,  81. 

Graud  Bank,  73. 

Great  Britain,  124. 

Grand  Banks,  136,  140. 

Greenleaf  fam.,  130. 

Greenland,  14. 

Grant  fam.,  94. 

Grant,  94. 

Griffin  fam.,  73,  78,  79,  80. 

Griffeu,  63,  64,  65,  137,  138,  143,  154. 

Groves,  106. 

Greley  fam.,  160. 

Gray,  26. 

Grimes  fam.,  115. 

Grover  fam.,  97,  116. 

Grover,  9,  10,  11,  12,  19,  24,  25,  27,  43,  44, 

46,  47,   51,  54,   55,  56,    61,  62,  70,  116, 

121,  132,  133,  155. 
Gulf  Stream,  26,  154. 
Gullison  fam.,  105. 
Gunpowder  plot,  anniversary  of,  63. 
Guilpool,  128. 
Gutridge  fam.,  82. 
Gutridge,  14. 

Harvard  College,  76. 

Harbor,  Fox,  105. 

Hardy  fam.,  93. 

Hardy,  102,  131. 

Hauling  fam.,  122. 

Harris  fam.,  160,  161. 

Harris,  97. 

Hale  fam.,  129. 

Hale,  107,  157. 

Halifax,  19,  46,  72,  94,  120,  150,  152. 

Hatch,  6. 

Hadley,  4,  11,  14,  84,  94,  135,  157. 

Hadlock,  30,  133,  160. 

Hardgrave,  112. 

Harkins,  14. 

Hampton,  6,  13,  15. 

Hammons,  94. 


APPENDIX. 


179 


7 


Hammond,  115. 

Hammonds,  113. 

Hampshire  County,  125. 

Haskins,  153. 

Hall  fam.,  117. 

Hall,  15. 

Harbor   frozen  to  the   Ten  Pound    Is.  in 

1752,  24. 
Hayes,  1-17. 
Hamilton,  83. 
Hampton,  N.  H.,  134. 
Haverhill,   15,  16,  17,  33,  34,    78,   80,  94, 

97,  129,   138. 
Harraden,  79,  83,  101,  103,  111,  114,  149, 

155,  158. 
Hawes  fam.,  117. 
Halibut  Point,  155,  157,  159. 
Haverhill,  118. 
Haskell  fam.,  73,  81. 
Haskell,  4,  13,  17,  18,  24,  2G,  30,  38,  43, 

52,  55,  56,  57,  58,  59,  60,  61,  63,  69,  81, 

95,  106,  107,  114,  115,  117,  120,  128,  136, 

139,   150,    153,    154,    155,   156,    157,   158, 

159,  160, 161. 
Henderson,  75,  131. 
Heberd  fam.,  112. 
Hedan,  75. 
Hews 
Huse 
Heury,  4. 

He"drn  I    fam.,  119. 
Hidden  * 

Herring,  fam.,  100. 

Herring,  30. 

Herrick  fam.,  106. 

Herrick,  106,  150,  151,  158,  160. 

Hilton  fam.,  89,  90. 

Hilton,  90,  135. 

Hibbard,  63. 

Hibbert,  112. 

Hills  Mills,  148. 

Hill,  Governor's,  148. 

Hillier,  64. 

Higtjins  fam.,  113. 

Higgius,  46,  136. 

Hidden)   famj 

Hey den  j 

Hiddens,  14,  45. 

Houghton,  46. 

Hoppin  fam.,  81. 

Hoppin,  41. 


I  fam.,  108,  109. 


119. 


Honors  fain.,  128. 

Ilonnors,  29,  45,  57,    130. 

Honors,  81. 

Holeman,  101. 

Holyman  fam\,  101. 

Howard  fam.,  108-116. 

Howard,    33. 

Hollis,  60. 

Hoole,  46. 

Hooper,  117. 

House  Watch,  83. 

Hough  fam.,  155. 

Hough.  7">. 

Holland  fam.,  130. 

Holland,  123. 

Honorable  Court,  81. 

Hodgkins'  Cove,  83,  86,  96. 

Hodgkins  fam.,  70. 

Hodgkins,  31,  70,  86,  96,  101,  102,  112, 113 

Hogdon,  46,  49. 

Hodges,  134. 

Hobson,  34. 

Humphrey.  4. 

Humphery,  78. 

Hunter  fam.,  97. 

Hughes,  131. 

Hatchings,  77. 

Huffin,  139. 

Huger,  17. 

Hubbard,  105. 

Hul  fam.,  115. 

Huntress.  118. 

Inghalls  fam.,  127. 

Ingalls,   106. 

Ingersol,  47,  75,  86,  90,  95,  114,  116. 

Ingersoll.  11,  31,  33,  34,  35,  42,  46,  47,  86, 
90,  95,  122,  132,  133. 

Indian,  153. 

Indians,  88,  90,  91,  92,  100,  101,  102,  105, 
122,  130,  135. 

Indian  War,  2,  68. 

Intemperance,  156. 

Ipswich,  2,  6,  7,  8,  10,  12,  15,  17,  19,  23, 
30,  35,  38,  49,  51,  63,  72,  78,  79,  80,  83, 
85,  88,  92,  96,  98,  101,  102,  104,  108,  110, 
111,  112,  115,  120,  121, 124,  130,  132,  133, 
140,  159. 

Irelaud,  75,  124. 

Ireland,  Sligo,  129. 

Island.  83. 


180 


APPENDIX. 


Island,  Milk,  87. 
Island,  Thatcher's,  138. 
Island,  Deer,  86. 
Island,  Sable,  99,  120. 
Isle  of  Sable,  24,  75,  82. 
Isle  Nevis,  137. 
Isle  of  Shoals,  82,  136. 
Island  of  Cap  Anx,  64. 
Isle  of  Cuba,  56. 
Island,  Ten  Pound,  56. 
Island  of  Antigua,  109. 
Illinois,  Quincy,  158. 

Jaundice,  80. 

Jacques  fam.,  128. 

Jacques,  14,  28,  126,  153. 

Jaques,  10,  15,  32,  38,  39,  45,47,  48,  51, 

62,  63,  64. 
Jacobs,  154. 
Jacquish,  8,  10. 
Jackson  fam.,  118. 
Jackson,  58,  59. 
Jenkins  fam.,  100. 
Jefford  fam.,  105. 
Jeffords,  97. 
Jeffries'  Ledge,  157. 
Jeffs,  154. 
Jewett  fam.,  118. 
Jewett,  6,  16,  61. 
Jewet,  30,  55. 
Journal,  86. 
Joslyn  fam.,  133. 
Joslyn,  90,  109,  117 
Josline,  89,  113. 
Jorliu,  46. 
Joseline,  89. 
Jolslyn,  90. 
Joslin,  36. 
Jumper,  113,  114,  145,  155. 

Kenneby}  m 

Canneby  j 

Kennebec,  12. 

Kelsey  fam.,  120. 

Kettle,  70. 

Kettle  Cove,  30,  57,  63,  85. 

Kettle  Island,  83. 

Kellam,  83. 

Kenrick,  77. 

Kendall  fam.,  113. 

Kelley,  61. 


56  j 


Kent,  70,  101,  104. 
Killed  on  Privateer,  73. 
Kidvel,  117. 
King,  133. 
Kitfield,  117. 

Kittery,  29,  33,  34,  35,  56. 
Kingsberry  fam.,  113. 
Killam  fam.,  109. 
Kingsbury,  115. 
Killam,  83. 
Kinsman  fam.,  124. 
Kinsman,  96. 
Kinnicum  fam.,  89,  124. 
Knights  fam.,  118,  119. 
Knight  fam. ,  113,  119. 
Knight,  153,  158. 
Knovdton,  103. 
Kuetville  >  f 
Quitvil     j 


117. 


Larrimore  Galley,  82. 

Lake  George,  134. 

Lake  George,  Fort  taken  there,  45. 

Langsford  fam.,  96. 

Langsford,  157. 

Laightons,  9. 

Lambert,  157. 

Lancaster,  147,  154. 

Lapliam,  111. 

Latter,  59,  60. 

Lane  fam.,  73,  74,  80,  83,  84,  89,  91,  92. 

Lane,  24,  26,  30,  37,  51,  83,  84,  89,  91,  92, 
96,  105,  106,  120,  140,  145,  146,  147,  149, 
154,  161. 

Lane's  Cove,  157. 

Le  Beau  Port,  64. 

Letter  from  Rev.  John  Emerson,  2. 
Letter  of  Gov.  Endicottto  Gov.  Winthrop, 

64. 
Leavitt,  38. 
Lee  fam.,  98. 
Lee,  27,  122,  143. 
Ledge,  157. 
Lewiston,  106. 
Leicester,  147. 
Leach,  85,  150. 
Leighton  fam.,  132. 
Leighton,  39,  43,  157. 
Library,  catalogue  of  Rev.  John  White's,  4. 
Lightning,  134. 
Liverpool,  137. 


APPENDIX. 


181 


Lisbon,  28,  40,  44,  46,  55,    134,   135,   136. 

137. 
Lister,  66. 
Linzee,  77. 
Livermore,  54. 
Litchfield,  N.  H.,  157. 
Little  River,  94. 
Littlehale  fain.,  113. 
Littlehale,  96,  116,  122. 
Littlehales,  7. 
Littlefield,  118. 
Lindsey,  146. 
Lost  at  Sea,  73,  89,  92. 
Long  Island,  72. 
Lovewell,  105. 
Louisburg,  92,  128. 
Lobster  Cove,  107,  153. 
Lord,  50,  115. 
London,  105,  144. 
Low,  27,  86,  96,   101,   104,  108,   120,   133, 

137,  139,  143,  144,  147,  148,  158. 
Lurvey  fam.,  85,  89. 
Lurvey,  89. 
Lufkin  fam.,  156. 
Lufkin,  80,  94,  104,  118,  161. 
Lyde,  144. 
Lyman,  12,  35. 

March  of  Gen.  Shirley  in  1752  to  Niagara, 

37. 
March  of  Gen.  Johnson  in  1752  to  Crown 

Point,  37. 
Marblehead,  49,  85,  86,  108,  115,  117,  129, 

132,  136,  138,  139,  140,  148. 
Massachusetts,  144. 
Massachusetts  Colony,  63. 
Massachusetts  Bay,  87,  88. 
Manchester,  39,  42,45,  57,95,  97,  113,  117, 

119. 
Maine,  71,  86,  92,  107,  146,  161. 
Maine,  New  Gloucester,  92,  98,  105,   108, 

116,  117,  119,  120,  158. 
Maine,  Scarborough,  154. 
Maine,  Lewiston,  106. 
Maine,  Minot,  158. 
Maine,  North  Yarmouth,  107. 
Maine,  Freeport,  128,  156. 
Maine,  Augusta,  111. 
Maine,  Pownalborough,  120. 
Maine,  Sedgwick,  107. 
Maine,  Danville,  111. 


I    fam., 


115. 


Mains,  101. 

Mankeset  River,  107. 

Marlboro,  47. 

Marlborough,  27,  41,  62. 

MacFederick  fam.,  118. 

Macphedris,  161. 

Macoy  fam.,  115. 

Maccarty,  68. 

Macculloch  fam.,  114. 

Marsh  fam.,  109,  112. 

Marsh,  92. 

Mattocks 

Maddox 

Maratt,  133. 

Mannaken,  129. 

Martinico,  135. 

Matchet  fam.,  116. 

Matchetts,  27. 

Manly,  147. 

Marshall,  104,  127. 

Marchant  fam. ,  98. 

Martin,  39,  103,  113. 

Manning  fam.,  132. 

Maryland,  130. 

Maryland,  Baltimore,  156. 

Margaret's  Bay,  87,  88. 

Mather,  1. 

Mariner  fam.,  84. 

Mason,  104,  127,  147. 

Magan,  146. 

Masters,  143. 

Maxwell,  137. 

McAfee  fam.,  94. 

McCUnch  fam.,  124. 

McFedrix,  47. 

McKean,  140. 

Menu  of  dinner  in  1751,  9. 

Merritt,  137. 

Merrill,  138. 

Messerve,  53,  58. 

Messervey  fam.,  115. 

Messervey,  53,  60. 

Medford,  5. 

Mecom,  53. 

Merchant,  51,  52,  84,  86,  98,  160. 

Mill  Prison,  Eng.,  85,  152. 

Mill  Prison,  68,  71,  72,  74,  85. 

Minot,  89. 

Minot,  Me.,  158. 

Middle  street,  77,  86. 

Middleton  fam.,  118. 


182 


APPENDIX. 


Milbury  fara.,  89. 

Michel.  152. 

Milieus  fam.,  128. 

Milton.  148. 

Milk  Island,  87,  154. 

Milk  Island  Bar,  154. 

Millett,  66,  95,  08. 

Millet,   4,  51,  85,  88,  95,  12:;,  128,  132,154, 

100. 
Morgan  fam.,  84,  1)5,  120,  128. 
Morgan,  84,  143,  150,  156,  160. 
Mbgride  fam.,  102. 
Mogride,  121. 
Mogridge,  120. 
Mobile,  80. 
Montreal,  135. 
Mower,  130. 
Morse,  152. 
Moore  fam.,  115. 
Moore,  51,  99. 
Moor,  56. 

Moody,  13,  14,  20,  28,  31,  33,  104. 
Murphy,  152. 
Murray,  140. 
Murrell,  118,  120. 

Nason  fam.,  99. 

Navigator,  83. 

Newbury  fam.,  84. 

Newbury,  10,  12,  35,  83,  84,  104,    129,  130, 

132,  152,  159. 
Newbury  bar,  154. 
New  England,  2,  64,  94. 
Newfane,  Vt.,  116. 
Newburyport,  5,  71,  138,  156. 
News  Letter,  Boston,  139. 
New  settlers,  82. 
Newman,  132. 
New  comb  fam.,  131. 
Newcomb ,  63,  93. 
Nelson  fam.,  97. 
Nelson,  94. 
Newfoundland,  136. 
Neuter-French,  133,  134. 
Nevis  Isle,  137. 
Newhall,  55,  58. 
Newport,  5. 
Neck,  Elwell's,  83. 
New  Rowley,  63. 
New  Hampshire,  134,  145. 
New  Hampshire,  Durham,  116. 


New  Hampshire,  Exeter,  109. 

New  Hampshire,  Sundown,  97. 

New  Hampshire,  Litchfield,  157. 

New  Gloucester,  Me.,  71,  73,  74,  92,   98, 

100,  105,  108,  116,  117,  119,  120,  158. 
News,  Gloucester,  132. 
Niagara,  Gen.  Shirley's  march,  37. 
Nickles,  137. 

North  Yarmouth,  Me.,  107. 
North  Shore,  157. 
North  wood.  153. 
Northfleld,  97. 
Northampton,  125. 
North  Carolina,  129. 
Nova  Scotia,  134. 
Noyes,  135. 
Noble  fam.,  131. 
Noble,  154. 

Norman's  Woe  Rock,  110. 
Norton,  117. 
Norwood  fam.,  66,  67. 
Norwood,  10,  83,  89,  97,  99,  121,  155,  160. 
North  Carolina,  Elizabeth  City,  156. 

Oakes  fam.,  114,  132. 

Ohio,  37,  97. 

Omee,  128. 

Order  of  General  Court  to  fishermen,  69, 

72. 
Organ,  42. 
Osmond,  41. 
Oswego,  43. 
Osborne,  27. 
Osgood,  42. 
Owl's  Head,  90. 

Parish,  Sandy  Bay,  111. 
Paterson  fam.,  131. 
Paterson,  40,  41. 
Patee  fam.,  94. 
Pattee,  94. 
Payne,  42,  43. 
Page,  109. 
Parkskee  fam.,  90. 
Patriot,  77. 
Palfrey  Tarn.,  128. 
Palfrey,  44. 
Parsley,  121. 
Parliament  British,  122. 
Patch,  56. 
Parkers,  8,  12. 


APPENDIX. 


183 


Parkman,  110,  111,  152. 

Parsons  fam.,  70,  144. 

Parsons,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  13,  15,  16,  18, 
20,  21,  22.  23,  24,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31, 
32,  34,  36,  37,  39,  43,  45,  49,  50,  51,  52, 
53,  54,  55,  56,  57,  59,  61,  63,  70,  71,  76,  82, 
87,  88,  92,  102,  104,  107,  108,  115.  117, 
118,  119,  123,  125,  126,  130,  132,  138, 
143,  144,  147,  152,  153,  154,  155,  156, 
158, 160. 

Parsons,  Ensign,  143. 

Petition,  81.  129. 

Pensioner,  Revolutionary,  85. 

Peter  Mud's  Neck,  73. 

Peters  fam.,  118. 

Penny  fam.,  100. 

Penny,  89,  129. 

Pennill  fam.,  98. 

Peabody,  160. 

Pew,  156. 

Peteshall,  119. 

Peeker,  5,  17,  19,  27,  33,  42. 

Perkins  fam.,  112. 

Perkins,  9,  10,  47,  69. 

Perished,  SO,  87. 

Perigo,  43. 

Pepperell,  35. 

Perring,  8,  9. 

Peters  fam.,  101. 

Pearce  fam.,  90,92. 

Pearce,  47,  116,  147,  148,  153. 

Phips     >   fam ^  3Q  12Q> 

Phipps   J 

Phips,  3. 

Phillips  fam.,  96. 

Phillips,  16,  17,  96,  138. 

Philips,  8. 

Phelps,  157. 

Philadelphia,  75,  132. 

Pearson  fam.,  120. 

Piscataway,  12. 

Pirates,  82. 

Pickman,  77. 

Pierce  fam.,  90. 

Pierce,  48,  52,  56,  79,*90,*113. 

Pigeon  Cove,  102,  155. 

Pigeon  Hill,  160. 

Plymouth,  72. 

Plymouth,  England,  74. 

Plats  fam.,  114. 

Pleasant  Point,  130. 


Plummer,  14,  15,  28,  31,  34,  43,  61,  77,  115, 

123,  135,  142,  143,  155,  157. 
Plumer,  7,  8,  9,  10,  12,  13,  14. 
Plaisted,  39,  40. 
Post,  Boston,  132. 
Porter,  49,  130. 
Port  Royal,  90,  92. 
Pownalborough,  135. 
Powualborough,  Me.,  120. 
Porpoise  Cape,  138. 
Portsmouth,  35. 
Portsmouth  lighthouse,  157. 
Powel  fam.,  130. 
Powell,  68. 
Portugal,  40. 
Pottle,  19. 
Portland,  148. 
Pollard  fam.,  109. 
Poland  fam.,  98,  133. 
Pool,  16,  31,  34,  39,  50,  67,  98,    135,    144, 

151,  155,  159,  160. 
Port  Le  Beau,  64. 
Pool,  Ensign,  144. 
Probate  Records,  82,  85,  92. 
Presumpscot  River,  114. 
Province,  114,  122,  125,  131,  134,  137. 
Pring,  64. 
Preble,  11. 
Pride  fam.,  89. 
Preson  fam.,  116. 
Procter,  143. 
Prentice,  75. 

Prince,  90,  94,  114,  115,  124,  132. 
Pulcifer,  56,  95. 

Quebec,  43,  48. 
Quelch,  82. 
Quincy,  144. 
Quincy,  111.,  158. 


Quitvil       )  fam 
Kuetville    J 
Quionhaurence,  64. 


117. 


Band  fam.,  131. 

Rand,  36,  51,  139. 

Rams,  14. 

Eandall  fam.,  92,  100,  108. 

Randall,  55,  97,  109,  116,  117. 

Ray,  15,  41. 

Records,  Probate,  82. 

Records,  Wenham,  159. 


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APPENDIX. 


fara.,  96. 


Regiment,  6th,  143. 

Regiment,  Col.  Sargent's,  86. 

Rede,  7. 

Reed,  138. 

Beading  fam.,  89,  160. 

Bedding  fam.,  116-117. 

Reddin,  155. 

Redington,  138. 

Bea  fam.,  130. 

Rea,  36,  37,  41. 

Revolution,  77. 

Revolutionary  War,  80,  85,  86,  87,93,  129, 
145,  148,  152,  157. 

Rebellion,  War  of,  120. 

Rhode  Island,  81. 

River,  Cliebacco,  67. 

River,  St.  Georges,  131. 

River,  Mankeset,  107. 

Riverdale,  134. 

Bicknor 

Bickner 

Richmond,  122. 

Riggs,  alias  Ridgell,  109. 

Riggs,  79,  80,  82,  88,  89,  94,  100,  101,  108, 
112,  118,  123,  134,  135. 

Bigel  fam.,  109. 

Ridgell,  109. 

Ring,  71,  112,  130,  134. 

Robinson,  25,  32,  47,  55,  65,  79,  85,  87,  88, 
94,  100,  101,  112,  119,  124,  128,  133,  156. 

Robbins,  Ensign,  143. 

Bobbins,  107. 

Rockport,  120,  160. 

Rockport  Directory,  113. 

Rose  Bank,  78. 

Rocks,  Cohasset,  152. 

Rock,  Norman's  Woe,  110. 

Rochester,  77. 

Rolfe,  55. 

Roxbury,  19,  68. 

Royal,  Port,  90,  92. 

Bogers  fam.,  150. 

Rogers,  7,  9,  10,  13,  14,  15,  16,  19,  27,  28, 
29,  31,  33,  34,  35,  36,  38,  39,  40,  41,  44, 
45,  46,  47,  48,  51,  53,  55,  56,  59,  60,  61, 
63,  68,  77,  86,  125,  136, 142, 143, 144, 153. 

Bollins  fam.,  95. 

Rollins,  95. 

Boberts  fam.,  68. 

Roberts,  73,  98,  105,  107,  161. 

Roberts,  Ensign,  143. 


Rowly,  92. 

Rowley,  6,  8,  15,  16,  75,  78,  92,  103,  157. 

Row,  19,  27,  32,  42,  82,  88,  89,  93,  96,  100, 

103,  114,  118,  131. 
Rowe,  46,  52,   55,   72,   131,   135,   144,   151, 

154,  157,  158,  160. 
Bust  fam.,  94. 
Rust,  30,  71,  108,  150. 
Rnss,  52. 
Rutford,  133. 
Ryerson,  74. 

Sayward,  4,  7,  19,  31,  45,  49,  50,  76,  88,  89, 

108. 
Savery  fam.,  108. 
Savery,  45. 
Sayers,  9. 
Saville  fam.,  101. 
Saville,  158. 
Sanborn, 158. 
Salisbury,  152. 
Sandovvn,  138. 
Sanday  Bay,  80,  86,  96. 
Sandy  Bay,  86,  96,  97,  99,   113,   121,   151, 

154,  155. 
Sandy  Bay  Parish,  111. 
Sawyer,  26,  27,  34,  35,  41,45,46,48,49,61, 

62,  71,  83,  84,  87,  88,  96,  116,  152,  155. 
Salem,  4,  5,  17,  35,  38,  76,  77,  83,  93,  96, 

103,  124,  129,  132,  137,  138,  151,  154,  158. 
Sable  Island,  24,  90,  99,  120,  137. 
Sable  Cape,  90. 
Sanford  fam.,  95. 
Saltonstall,  77. 
Sargent  fam.,  66,68,  161. 
Sargent,  2,  13,  14,  25,  26,  27,  28,  32,  35,  38, 

39,  41,  43,  51,  54,  63,  69,  71,  75,  76,  81, 

82,  88,  105,  117,  123,  130,  132,  142,  143, 

149,  156,  157,  158,  160,  161. 
Sargeant,  10,  11,  14,  15,  20. 
Sargent  Regiment,  86. 
Sadler  fam.,  92. 
Sadler,  91. 
Sadler's  Run,  114. 

Saunders,  7,  10,  12,  19,  44,  45,  122,  134. 
Sanders  fam.,  74-78. 
Sanders,  14,  36,  40,  44,  45,  47,  50,  52,  53, 

57,59,63,  86,   104,    110,   113,    121,   124, 

135,  147,  148,  152,  155. 
School,  First,  87. 
Scotland,  35. 


APPENDIX. 


185 


Schooner,  94. 

Scarborough,  52. 

Scarborough,  Me.,  154. 

Scott  fain. ,  92. 

Scott,  92. 

Scituate,  100,  107,  117,  140. 

Sermon    of    Rev.     Samuel    Chandler    on 

Thanksgiving  Day,  6. 
Sedgwick,  Me.,  107. 
Seargeants,  7. 
Selectmen,  81. 
Second  Church,  85. 
Second  Parish,  85,  94,  95. 
Settlers,  New,  82. 
Severy,  28,  49,  58,  108. 
Seicall  fam.,  117. 
Sewall,  14,  82. 
Sewell,  82. 
Ship  Building,  74. 
Shipwright,  75. 
Shortwell,  18. 
Sheldon,  114. 
Sherritt,  78. 
Shaw,  103,  105. 
Sheepcot,  137. 
Shaftoo,  158. 
Shoals,  Isles  of,  82,  137. 
Simerton  fam.,  113. 
Simes,  49. 

Sight  of  Aurora  Borealis,  61. 
Silvester,  138. 
Sloops,  88,  89. 
Sligo,  Ireland,  129. 
Smallman,  90. 

Small-pox,  75,  87,  91,  94,  114,  151,  155. 
Smith  fam.,  115. 
Smith,  4,  11,  26,  27,  32,  33,  34,  35,  41,  45,  47, 

53,  56,  59,  62,  65,  69,  97,   105,   108,   118, 

139,  142,  143,  144,  148,  150,  152,  155,  158, 

160. 
Snake,  111. 
Snowstorm,  121. 
Smoke,  93. 
Somes  fam.,  150. 
Somes,  27,  31,  42,  46,  49,  55,  56,    63,  81, 

87,89,98,105,   114,   120,    133,    149,153, 

154. 
Spain,  123. 
Spaniards,  135. 
Springer,  74,  83,  103. 
Spring  Cove,  116. 
21 


Squain  Parish,  114. 

Squam  Church,  112. 

Squain  Woods,  156. 

Squam  Hill,  156. 

Squam,  10,  15,  31,  35,  37,  40,  44,  50,  51,  52, 
56,  63,  78,  79,  80,  81,  93,  97,  99,  103, 
111,  133,  137,  142,  149,  157. 

Star,  evening,  119. 

Star,  blazing,  119. 

Stickney,  138. 

Stenchfield  fam.,  120. 

Storm,  terrible,  110. 

Stanford  fam.,  101. 

Stonington,  107. 

Stearns,  40. 

Sturbridge,  Mass.,  76. 

Staples,  120,  121. 

Still,  2. 

Stillman,  160. 

Steele  fam.,  115,  116. 

Steel,  116. 

Studley,  66. 

St.  John,  137. 

St.  John's,  N.  F.,  154. 

St.  Martins,  140. 

St.  Georges  River,  131. 

St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  76. 

St.  Kutts,  135. 

Stockbridge  fam.,  86,  120.. 

Stockbridge,  107. 

Stockwell  fam.,  94. 

Stanwood,  53,  54,  67,  70,99,  100,  102,  106, 
116,  123,  150,  154,  159. 

Stewart,  49,  112. 

Stuart,  43. 

Steward,  132. 

Stone  fam.,  92,  120,  121,  161. 

Stone,  65,  132. 

Stephens,  65. 

Stacy  fam.,  115. 

Stacy,  7,  9,  10,  13,  14,  22,  25,  27,  33,  34, 
37,  49,  50,  130. 

Stevins,  87,  92,  93,  143,  147. 

Stevens  fam.,  104. 

Stevens,  7,  8,  9,  10,11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  17, 
18,  19,  20,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  30, 
31,  33,  35,  40,  42,  43,  45,  46,  49,  52,  53, 
54,  55,  56,  57,  61,  65,  66,  74,  75,  77,  87, 
92,  93,  97,  107,  108,  110,  113,  115,  117, 
120,  154,  158,  159,  160. 

Sundown,  N.  II.,  97. 


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APPENDIX. 


Swain,  37,  38. 
Sweet,  160. 
Sylvester,  139. 

Tandy  fam.,  105. 

Tainer  fam.,  85. 

Taylor,  155. 

Tax,  151,  153. 

Tax,  Province,  132. 

Tax   collector's  diligence  rewarded.   157. 

Tappan  fam.,  108. 

Tappan,  1G,  17,36,  57. 

Tappen,  51. 

Tarr,  27,  29,  31,  39,   84,  94,  99.   105,   106, 

111,  113,  114,  121,  159,  144,  155,  158. 
Tarbox  fam.,  107.108. 
Tarbox,  19.  23,  29,  33,  48,  60.  130.  159. 
Taylor,  45. 
Tenny,  8. 
Temperance,  77. 
Temperance  Committee,  150. 

Teioksherry  fam.,  117. 
Tewksbury,  122. 
Ten  Pound  Island,  24,  56. 
Thunder,  133. 

Thanksgiving    sermon    of    Rev.    Samuel 
Chandler,  6. 

Thanksgiving  Day  appointed  for  success 
in  War,  55. 

Thomas  fam..  103. 

Thomas,  84. 

Thorndike,  89,  116. 

Thacher,  157. 

Thatcher's  Island,  138. 

Thurston  fam.,  106-107. 

Thurston,  74,  106,  153,  158. 

Third  Church,  117. 

Tompson,  97. 

Town  Parish,  104. 

Travis  fam.,  109. 

Travis,  34. 

Trash  fam.,  103. 

Trask,  83,  151. 
True  fam.,  120,  121. 

True,  102. 

Training-field,  102. 

Travers,  109. 

Tucker,  8'),  97,  100,  118,  119. 
Turner,  117. 
Tyler  fam.,  95. 

Tyler,  15,  60,  134. 


United  States  Army,  156. 
Udal,  66. 
Uran  fam.,  95 

Varrel  fam.,  110. 
Varrel,  94. 
Varrell,  51,  94. 
Vaughn  fam  ,112. 
Vetch.  90,  91. 
Venson,  67,  68,  72. 
Vernon,  76. 
Vermont,  116,  156. 
Vermont,  Wells,  97. 
Vermont,  Newfane,  116. 
Villars,  86. 
Villum,  92,  93. 
Vinson's  Cove,  86,  116. 
Vineyard.  80. 
Virginia,  25,  31,  136. 
Voyage  of  Cham  plain,  64. 

Wadsworth,  5. 
Walker,  29. 
Walklate  fam.,  100. 
Walklate,  134. 
Watts,  126,  134,  155. 
Wallis,  10,  27,  105. 
Wallace,  155. 
Walley,  10,  38,  55. 
Warren,  108. 
War,  at  Boston,  41. 
War.  Committee  of,  131. 
War.  Indian,  2,  68. 
War.  1812,  145. 

War.  Revolutionary,   80,   86,   87,   93,    120, 
129,  145,  152,  157. 

Warner  fam.,  112. 

Warner,  7,  8,  11,  12,  13,  14,  23,  25,  29,  35, 
46,  54,  56,  60,  115,  143,  144,  147,  148. 

Washington,  Gen.,  145,  146,  14s. 

Watch-house,  83. 

Watkins,  102. 

Wear,  6. 

Wears,  15. 

Webb  fam.,  123. 

Webber,  4.  34,  43.  48,  87,  158. 

Webster  fam.,  112. 

Webster,  12,  71,  151. 

Welch,  132. 
Welcome  fun.,  129. 

Wenham,  4,  37,  38,  65,  95,  130,  158. 
Wenham's  records,  159. 


APPENDIX. 


187 


Wells  fain.,  105,  106. 

Wells,  Me.,  97. 

West,  41. 

West  India,  80. 

West  Indies,  110,  136,  139. 

West  Parish,  82,  95,  133. 

Weymouth,  Mass.,  161. 

Westway  fam.,  118. 

Wharf,  89. 

Whale  Cove,  151. 

Wheeler  fam.,  102. 

Wheeler,  26,  46,  51,  54,  112,  131. 

Wheelwright,  152. 

Whipple,  6. 

Winston  fam  ,  90. 

Winston,  98. 

Whittemore,  47,  49,  53,  54,  137,  139,  143, 
148,  160. 

Whitams,  12. 

Whitfield,  35. 

Whiting  fam., -129. 

Whittrede  fam.,  98. 

White  fam.,  99,  128. 

White,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14, 
15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  22,  24,  25,  26,  27, 
28,  29.  31,  32,  33,  34,  35,  36,  37,  38,  40, 
41,  43,  44,  45,  46,  47,  48,  56,  122,  123, 
124,  127.  129,  157. 

Wise  fam.,  80,  84. 

Wise,  4,  84,  99,  113. 

Williams  fam.,  83,  85,  99. 

Williams,  8,  30,  34,  50,  54,  100,  114,  134. 

William.  Fort  taken,  45. 

Winthrop,  2,  6,  64,  80. 

Wilson  fam  ,  120,  121. 

Wilson,  113,  114,  119. 

Winslow  fam.,  95. 

Winslow,  95,  130. 

Witt,  56. 


Wibirds,  6,  35. 

Winter  fam.,  119. 

Winter,  55,  56. 

Winenet  Ferry,  17. 

Wigglesworth,  12,  38,  49. 

Wind,  Gale  of,  100. 

Wind-mill,  115. 

Wind-mill  Hill,  115. 

Witham,  8,  9,  11,  13,  15,  16,  22,  23,  24,  37, 

46,  49,  53,  60,  62,  75,  76,  78,  92,  97,   113, 

137,  139,  160. 
Winnery  fam.,  118. 
Woodbury  fam.,  73,  81,  83,  84. 
Woodbury,  4,  71,  72,  81,84,  106,  123,  129, 

143,  152,  155. 
Wood  fam.,  98. 
Woods,  8. 
Woodhouse,  36. 
Woodward,  7,  9,  10,  11,  15,  16,  17,  18,   19, 

31,  33,  36,  42,  50,  52,  53,  59,  60,  70,   112. 
Wo  at  en 
Wotten 
Wotteu,  20,  23,  24. 
Wonsen  fam.,  99. 
Wonson,  84,  116. 
Worcester,  60,  62,  147. 
Worley  fam.,  129. 
Wyatt,  5. 
Wyeth,  137. 

Yarmouth,  98. 
Young  fam.,  93. 
Young,  48,  115,  154. 
Younger  fam.,  131. 
York,  Ensign,  143. 
York,  Me.,  104. 
Yorke,  90. 

York.  7,  10,  11,  13,  14,  16,  20,  28,  35,  63, 
89,  93,  113,  123. 


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